Kent. The carriage of a waggon for conveying timber, with a long perch, which may be adapted to any length, or shortened, by moving the hinder axle-tree, and fixing it by an axle-pin.
·noun A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness. II. Tug ·noun An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to whi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A vessel for towing in and out of harbours and the like. (See steam-tug.) ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·vi To make a nest. II. Timber ·vi To light on a tree. III. Timber ·noun The crest on a coat of ar...
[Anglo-Saxon]. All large pieces of wood used in ship-building, as floor-timbers, cross-pieces, futto...
A vessel fitted with a marine steam-engine, and expressly employed for towing ships. ...
[from the Anglo-Saxon teogan, to pull]. It now signifies to hang on the oars, and get but little or ...
1) See Dorset Wharf. 2) South out of Thames Street to the Thames, west of Timber Yard (Rocque, 1746...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
1) See Little Somerset Street. 2) At the south end of William Street, between Wood and Co.'s Wharf ...
Food of all sorts. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A man with a wooden leg. ...
That sort of crooked timber which forms at its back or elbow an angle of from 24° to 45°; but the mo...
That timber in the stern which is placed amidships. ...
In naval architecture, an imaginary timber, expressed by vertical lines in the sheer-draught, to pro...
Such as has been cut down, squared, and stocked for one season at least. ...
Contraband in time of war. ...
Chipping it with an adze, and boring it with an augur, to ascertain its quality. ...
A dockyard official who has the charge of converting timber for its different purposes in ship-build...
The heads of the timbers that rise above the decks, and are used for belaying hawsers, large ropes, ...
, is made by taking the end of a rope round a spar, and after leading it under and over the standing...
One appointed to examine and pronounce upon the fitness of timber. ...
South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 42, and extending east and west between Broken Wharf and Bro...
In a transverse section of a tree, two different grains are seen: those running in a circular manner...
That which is cut athwart the grain when the grain of the wood does not partake of the shape require...
Upright pieces of timber placed at intervals along the side of a vessel, to support the rough-tree. ...
The stern timber which partakes of the shape of the top-side, and heels upon the end of the wing-tra...
, is the distance between two adjoining timbers, which always contain the breadth of two timbers, an...
The distance between the upper part of the same timber and the middle line. ...
A name sometimes given to the back sweep which forms the upper part of the top-timber. ...
See New River Office and Yard. ...
See Dark House Lane. ...
See George Yard. ...