The condition of a ship having no sails set when out at sea, and either scudding or lying-to by stress of weather. (See under bare poles.)
The condition of a ship under no canvas, or when the wind is too violent to allow of any sail being ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Two points on the surface of the earth, each 90° distant from all parts of the equator, forming the ...
·adj Threadbare; much worn. II. Bare ·noun Surface; body; substance. III. Bare ·- of <<Bear>>. IV...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
An old phrase for bore-down. ...
An old term from the Anglo-Saxon for beacon. ...
The amount of flattening at the polar regions of a planet, by which the polar diameter is less than ...