A portable locker on the upper deck or tops for holding arms, and affording a ready supply of cutlasses, pistols, muskets or other weapons.
·vi To place in a coffin. II. Chest ·noun A <<Coffin>>. III. Chest ·noun Strife; contention; contr...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
(Heb. 'aron, generally rendered "ark"), the coffer into which the contributions for the repair of th...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
By this word are translated in the Authorized Version two distinct Hebrew terms: • Aron ; this is i...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·noun A branch of a tree. II. Arm ·noun Anything resembling an arm. III. Arm ·noun An inlet of wat...
Used to denote power (Ps. 10:15; Ezek. 30:21; Jer. 48:25). It is also used of the omnipotence of God...
A deep and comparatively narrow inlet of the sea. That part of an anchor on which the palm is shut. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·- A rheumatic affection of the muscles of the breast and fore legs of a horse, affecting motion and...
The same with the guest or gift rope, and is added to the boat-rope when the boat is towed astern of...
A large chest containing the medical necessaries that may be required for 100 men during the cruize....
The reservoir for steam above the water of the boiler; sometimes termed steam-chamber. ...
·adj Great as a man's arm. ...
·adj Done (as bowling or pitching) with the arm raised above the shoulder. ·see <<Overhard>>. ...
·vt To arm with proof armor; to arm securely; as, to proof-arm herself. ...
·adj Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally. ...
·adj Done (as bowling) with the arm not raised above the elbow, that is, not swung far out from the ...
A lame arm. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
For this curved timber, see fork-beams. ...
A frame or fitting for the stowage of arms (usually vertical) out of harm's way, but in readiness fo...
Synonymous with crow-foot (which see). ...
That part of a yard outside the quarter, which is on either side of the mast beyond the battens, whe...
The situation of two ships lying alongside one another, so near that their yard-arms nearly touch ea...
A shoe-black's brush and wig, &c. Irish. ...
An ancient institution, restored and established by an order in council of Queen Elizabeth, in 1590,...
One by which a number of charges, previously inserted, may be fired off in rapid succession, or afte...
Those of the crew selected and trained to the use of small-arms. When they have effected their board...
Wooden wedges fixed on the yards at those points where they support the lifts and braces, and where ...
An octagonal piece of timber supplied to replace a yard-arm if shot away. It is one-third the length...
A marine punishment unknown, except by name, in the British navy; but formerly inflicted by the Fren...