Landsmen's clothes.
·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
·- 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...
Those hanging knees which compass or arch over the angle of a man-of-war's ports, rider, &c. ...
The act of heaving the lead into the sea to ascertain what depth of water there is. (See also heave ...
See wrong way. ...