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Pendant
·noun A <<Pendulum>>. II. Pendant ·noun The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended. II...

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pendant
A strop or short piece of rope fixed on each side, under the shrouds, upon the heads of the main and...

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brace
bracē, ēs (acc. -em), f., a Gallic name of a particularly white kind of corn , acc. to Hard. blé bl...

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Brace
·noun The mouth of a shaft. II. Brace ·noun Harness; warlike preparation. III. Brace ·noun Armor f...

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brace
The Brace tavern; a room in the S.E. corner of the King's Bench, where, for the convenience of priso...

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brace
The braces are ropes belonging to all the yards of a ship; two to each yard, rove through blocks tha...

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Boom
·vi To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon. II. Boom ·noun A pole with a conspicuous top, se...

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boom
A long spar run out from different places in the ship, to extend or boom out the foot of a particula...

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distinguishing pendant
In fleets and squadrons, instead of hoisting several flags to denote the number of the ship on the l...

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gurnet-pendant
A rope, the thimble of which is hooked to the quarter-tackle of the main-yard; it is led through a h...

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reef-pendant
A rope going through a cringle in the after-leech of a boom main-sail, and through a check sheave-ho...

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truss-pendant
That part of a rope-truss into which the truss-tackle blocks are seized. ...

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Counter brace
·- The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel. ...

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Thorough-brace
·noun A leather strap supporting the body of a carriage, and attached to springs, or serving as a sp...

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brace aback
To brace the yards in, so as to lay the sails aback. ♦ To brace about, to turn the yards round for...

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brace pendants
Are lengths of rope, or now more generally chain, into which the yard-arm brace-blocks are spliced. ...

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garde-brace
Anglo-Norman for armour for the arm. ...

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heel-brace
A piece of iron-work applicable to the lower part of a rudder, in case of casualty to the lower pint...

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main-brace
A purchase attached to the main-yard for trimming it to the wind. ...

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Gib boom
·- ·see Jib boom. ...

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Torpedo boom
·add. ·- A spar formerly carried by men-of-war, having a torpedo on its end. ...

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boom along
To move rapidly. A sea term. A ship is said to boom along when under full sail. You're right in the...

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bentinck-boom
That which stretches the foot of the fore-sail in many small square-rigged merchantmen; particularly...

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boom-boats
Those stowed on the booms. ...

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boom-cover
The tarpaulin, or painted, cover over the spars. ...

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boom-irons
Are metal rings fitted on the yard-arms, through which the studding-sail booms traverse; there is on...

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boom-jigger
A tackle used in large ships, for rigging out or running in the top-mast studding-sail booms. ...

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boom-mainsail
See main-sail. ...

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driver-boom
The boom to which the driver is hauled out. ...

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jib-boom
A continuation of the bowsprit forward, being a spar run out from the extremity in a similar manner ...

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main-boom
The spar which stretches the foot of the boom-mainsail in a fore-and-aft rigged vessel. ...

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swinging-boom
The spar which stretches the foot of a lower studding-sail; in large ships they have goose-necks in ...

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clear the pendant
See up and clear the pendant. ...

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hoisting the pendant
Commissioning a ship. ...

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main-tackle pendant
A stout piece of rope with a hook in one end, and a thimble in the other, sometimes used for hauling...

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top-tackle pendant
The pendant used with the above. The top-mast is swayed up by a top-rope or hawser. The pendant, whi...

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winding-tackle pendant
A strong rope made fast to the lower mast-head, and forming the support of the winding-tackle. ...

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brace of shakes
A moment: taken from the flapping of a sail. I will be with you before it shakes thrice. ...

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counter-brace, to
Is bracing the head-yards one way, and the after-yards another. The counter-brace is the lee-brace o...

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flying jib-boom
A spar which is pointed through the iron at the jib-boom end. It lies beside it, and the heel steps ...

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guest-warp boom
A swinging spar (lower studding-boom) rigged from the ship's side with a warp for boats to ride by. ...

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square-sail boom
A boom hooked on to an eye-bolt in the fore-part of the fore-mast of a fore-and-aft vessel, to boom ...

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studding-sail boom
A spar rigged out for the purpose of setting a studding-sail, and taking its name from the sail it b...

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top your boom
See boom. ...

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splice the main brace
In nautical parlance, to serve out an extra allowance of grog in bad weather or after severe exertio...

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top a boom, to
To raise up one end of it by hoisting on the lift, as the spanker-boom is lifted before setting the ...

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brace up and haul aft!
The order usually given after being hove-to, with fore or main top-sail square or aback, and jib-she...

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stretch along a brace, to
To lay it along the decks in readiness for the men to lay hold of; called manning it. ...

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