Such as are curved, crooked, or arched, for ship-building.
·noun A pair of compasses. II. Compass ·noun A circle; a continent. III. Compass ·noun An inclosed...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
An instrument employed by navigators to guide the ship's course at sea. It consists of a circular bo...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The incurvated ribs of a ship which branch outwards from the keel in a vertical direction, so as to ...
·noun An <<Arcograph>>. II. Bow-compass ·noun A pair of compasses, with a bow or arched plate rivet...
·- The mariner's compass. ·see under <<Compass>>. ...
A superior graduated compass for ascertaining the amount of magnetic variation, by amplitude or azim...
To curve; also to obtain one's object. ...
A narrow saw, which, inserted in a hole bored by a centre-bit, follows out required curves. ...
That in which the card revolves in its bowl floated by alcohol, which prevents the needle from undue...
See fly ...
A compass so constructed as to hang with its face downwards, the point which supports the card being...
See compass. ...
One so fitted with a glass prism for reading by reflection, that the eye can simultaneously observe ...
·noun The highest timbers on the side of a vessel, being those above the futtocks. ...
All those timbers abaft the midship section or bearing part of a vessel. ...
Two pieces of oak, usually called knight-heads (which see). ...
Those on each side of the stem, continued up for the security of the bowsprit. (See knight-heads.) ...
Those which form the bow of the ship. ...
They derive their name from being canted or raised obliquely from the keel. The upper ends of those ...
Short right-aft timbers for the purpose of strengthening the counter, and forming the stern. ...
See cross-piece. ...
Blocks of wood introduced in all well-built vessels between the frames, where the bilge-water may wa...
See floors ...
These consist of the floor-timbers, futtocks, and top-timbers; they are placed upon the keel at righ...
See futtocks. ...
Those which lie on the keel, and are fastened to it with bolts through the kelson. ...
The short timbers or futtocks in the cant-bodies, answering to the lower futtocks in the square-body...
The upright timbers in the bow, bolted on each side of the stem, in which the hawse-holes are cut. ...
The top-timbers in the fore-body, the heads of which stand perpendicular, and form an angle with the...
, or long top-timbers. Synonymous with double futtocks. Timbers in the cant-bodies, reaching from ...
The framing timbers in a vessel's quarter. ...
Those timbers which stand square with, or perpendicular to, the keel. ...
The first general tier which reach the top are called long top-timbers, and those below short top-ti...
To say or repeat the mariner's compass, not only backwards or forwards, but also to be able to answe...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
See bevelling. ...
A provincial name for hawse-wood. ...
See stern-timbers. ...
See long timbers ...
Swinging a ship to every point of bearing, to note the variation or error of the needle upon each rh...
Not only to repeat the names of the thirty-two points in order and backwards, but also to be able to...
See magnetic compensator. ...
The 32d part of the circumference, or 11° 15′. ...
To shoot wide of the mark. ...
Putting in the beam-knees, coamings, &c., and dividing the spaces between the beams for fitting the ...