Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A book containing a system of signals, with explanations and directions for their use.
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Examples
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A steersman who has captured a very curious specimen carries it off carefully to press between the leaves of his signal-book, like a flower.
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Each boat was equipped with compass, lead-line, signal-book, lamp, box of biscuits, and beaker of water.
The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War Edward S. [Illustrator] Hodgson 1917
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The first thing Flinders did, when he received the trunk, was to take out his naval signal-book and tear it to pieces.
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Scott, Ernest, 1868-1939 1914
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As he watched her read it, the phrase shaped by his countenance might be read without the aid of any signal-book --
The Prodigal Father 1907
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The first thing Flinders did, when he received the trunk, was to take out his naval signal-book and tear it to pieces.
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Ernest Scott 1903
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He also took out his naval signal-book, which he destroyed, lest it should be seen by any French officer.
Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia Ernest Scott 1903
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Morgan kept on shedding private Red Fleet signals out of the signal-book, as the fog cleared, till we was answered by three destroyers.
Traffics and Discoveries Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Not only had many situations been discussed, as Berry tells us, but new signals had been inserted in the signal-book to enable the admiral's intentions to be quickly understood.
The Life of Nelson Mahan, A. T. 1897
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Between eight and nine o'clock the other frigate commanders came on board the “Victory;” aides-de-camp, as it were, waiting to the last moment to receive such orders as might require more extensive wording, or precise explanation, than is supplied by the sententious phrases of the signal-book.
The Life of Nelson Mahan, A. T. 1897
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Two men went aloft to loose the topsail, and the rest cleared away gear, while Poop-deck examined the signal-book.
"Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea Morgan Robertson 1888
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