Certain strips of iron having their edges turned up at an angle to each other; they are of various sizes, and used for the ribs and knees of the framing of iron vessels.
A ship is said to be in irons when, by mismanagement, she is permitted to come up in the wind and lo...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun The figure made by. two lines which meet. II. Angle ·noun A projecting or sharp corner; an an...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The space or aperture intersected by the natural inclination of two lines or planes meeting each oth...
·- A pair of pistols. II. Barking irons ·- Instruments used in taking off the bark of trees. ...
·noun ·pl A pair of blacksmith's tongs. ...
Pistols, from their explosion resembling the bow-wow or barking of a dog. IRISH. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Handcuffs. ...
corruption of Andirons. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
brand-irons. ...
Large duelling pistols. ...
Are metal rings fitted on the yard-arms, through which the studding-sail booms traverse; there is on...
The peculiar chisels used for the purpose of caulking: they are the caulking-iron, the making-iron, ...
Curved bars of iron placed over the ornaments of a ship to defend them from damage. ...
Consist of a pointed wire used through the vent to prick the cartridge when it is "home," and of a f...
The pintles, gudgeons, and braces of the rudder are frequently so called, though they were usually o...
·add. ·- The angle, ·esp. the least angle, at which a gliding machine or aeroplane will glide to ear...
·add. ·- The angle expressing phase relation. ...
·add. ·adj Having or covering an angle wider than the ordinary; — applied to certain lenses of rela...
a method of fencing sheep-grounds, used at Exmoor in Somersetshire. ...
See angle-dog ...
, or angle-twitch A large earth-worm, sought for bait. ...
In fortification, is an angle receiving no defence, either by its own fire or that of any other work...
In fortification, that formed by the exterior side and the line of defence. ...
In fortification, a salient angle formed by two lines of flank defence. ...
The apparent time by the sun, or the sidereal time of the moon, or planets, or stars, from the merid...
That which is made by a right line, whether tangent or secant, with the circumference of a circle. ...
The angular distance of a heavenly body east or west of the meridian. ...
One measuring above 90°, and therefore beyond a right angle; called by shipwrights standing bevellin...
The angle made at a star by arcs passing through the zenith and pole respectively. ...
An angle formed by a line rising or falling perpendicularly upon another, and measuring 90°, or the ...
In fortification, one of which the point projects outwards. ...
One like a sistrum, the Egyptian musical instrument. ...
·add. ·- The angle between the tangent to the advancing edge (of an aerocurve) and the line of motio...
·add. ·- The angle between the chord of an aerocurve and the relative direction of the undisturbed a...
a slatternly lazy wench. S. ...
The difference between the heliocentric longitudes of the earth and a planet or comet, the latter be...
An astronomical term denoting the angle whose sine is equal to the eccentricity of an orbit. ...
See elevation, angle of. ...
See incidence, angle of. ...
A term usually confined to double stars, to distinguish the line of bearing between them when they a...
See reflection, angle of. ...
This was formerly called the angle of position, and is also termed the parallactic angle (which see)...
In gunnery, that which the axis of the bore makes with the plane of the horizon. It is attained by s...
That which the direction of a ray of light, &c., makes at the point where it strikes with a line dra...
In fortification, is an angle whose vertex points inward, or towards the place. ...
Whether the instance be a ray of light or a cannon-ball, the angle of reflection will always be foun...
The difference between the apparent compass-course and the true one arising from lateral pressure an...
In fortification, the angle formed at the centre of the polygon by lines drawn from thence to the po...
See epaule. ...
The difference between the geographical and geocentric latitudes of a place upon the earth's surface...