Those hanging knees which compass or arch over the angle of a man-of-war's ports, rider, &c.
·noun The thing thrown. II. Cast ·noun A stoke, touch, or trick. III. Cast ·noun Contrivance; plot...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
I. A coast term meaning four, as applied to haddocks, herrings, &c. Also, the appearance of the ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
♦ Dagger-knees are those which are fixed rather obliquely to avoid an adjacent gun-port, or where, f...
·- Highly carbonized iron, the direct product of the blast furnace; — used for making castings, and...
·- ·see Cast steel, under <<Steel>>. ...
·adj Made of cast iron. Hence, Fig.: like cast iron; hardy; unyielding. ...
·adj Cast or laid aside; as, cast-off clothes. ...
To fall off, so as to bring the direction of the wind on one side of the ship, which before was righ...
Shipwrecked. ...
People belonging to vessels stranded by stress of weather. Men who have hidden themselves, or are pu...
Landsmen's clothes. ...
Timbers going athwart the ship, from the sides to the hatchway, serving to sustain the deck on both ...
See cheeksI ...
Those which are applied under the lodging-knees, and are fayed vertically to the sides. ...
Pieces of moulded compass timber fayed edgeways to the cut-water and stem, to steady the former. The...
, or deck-beam knees. Those riding on the hanging or dagger-knees, and fixed horizontally in the s...
See deck standard-knees. ...
, or staple-lodging knees. The same as deck standard-knees (which see). ...
Those which secure the after, main, and fore thwarts to the rising and gunwales, and which support t...
Curved timbers, or pieces of iron, which bind and connect the ship's quarter to the transoms, being ...
The upper foremost and aftermost pieces of dead wood; being crooked pieces of timber, the bolting of...
The same as lodging-knees. ...
Iron knees having two tails, the one going on the bottom of a deck-beam, the other on the top of a h...
See staple-knees ...
The act of heaving the lead into the sea to ascertain what depth of water there is. (See also heave ...
See wrong way. ...