(law) A written command, issued by a judge, requiring whomever it is served upon to do whatever the order says, under penalty of being held in contempt of court.

An item of clothing that is worn under one's trousers or pants.

(intransitive, knitting) To start the first row of knitting by putting stitches on a needle.

The point through which the resultant of all the wind forces on a sailing vessel's sails is assumed to act.

(idiomatic, humorous, informal) Synonym of get one's knickers in a twist

(nautical) the point through which the resultant of all buoyant forces on an immersed hull are assumed to act; the centre of mass of the displaced water.

A battlefield; any place where a duel is fought.

(transitive) To discard or reject something. / (transitive, intransitive, nautical) To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel may make way.

Characteristic of or resembling an oaf; clumsy, stupid.

(intransitive, telephony, Britain) to disconnect at the end of a phone call