A whipping-post. CANT.
·noun & ·v A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl. II. Jigger ·noun & ·v A supplementary sail. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A light tackle used to hold on the cable when it is heaved into the ship. (See holding-on.) Also, a ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A tackle used in large ships, for rigging out or running in the top-mast studding-sail booms. ...
A small gun-tackle purchase, of two single blocks, one fitted with two tails, used in large vessels ...
A very teazing sand-flea, which penetrates and breeds under the skin of the feet, but particularly a...
In large vessels it is an additional aftermost mast; thus any sail set on the ensign-staff would be ...
A small tackle consisting of a double and a single block, and used by seamen on sundry occasions abo...
Open the door. CANT. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose