compressor-stopper

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• compressor

  compressor (conp-), ōris, m. [comprimo], one who compresses (in mal. part.), Mythogr. Vatic. 1, 1...

  A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

• Compressor

  ·noun Anything which serves to compress. II. Compressor ·noun A muscle that compresses certain part...

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• compressor

  A mechanism generally adopted afloat for facilitating the working of the large guns recently introdu...

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• Stopper

  ·vt To close or secure with a stopper. II. Stopper ·noun A short piece of rope having a knot at one...

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• gap stopper

  A whoremaster. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bitt-stopper

  One rove through the knee of the bitts, which nips the cable on the bight: it consists of four or fi...

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• cathead-stopper

  See cat-stopper ...

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• cat-stopper

  , or cathead-stopper A piece of rope or chain rove through the ring of an anchor, to secure it for...

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• chain-stopper

  There are various kinds of stoppers for chain-cables, mostly acting by clamping or compression. ...

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• deck-stopper

  (See stopper of the cable.) A strong stopper used for securing the cable forward of the capstan or w...

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• dog-stopper

  Put on before all to enable the men to bit the cable, sometimes to fleet the messenger. ...

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• rigging-stopper

  See stopper of the cable. ...

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• ring-stopper

  A long piece of rope secured to an after ring-bolt, and the loop embracing the cable through the nex...

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• shroud-stopper

  A stout rope-stopper made fast above and below a part of the shroud which has been damaged by an ene...

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• stopper-knot

  Single and double wall, without crowning, and the ends stopped together. ...

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• chain-cable compressor

  A curved arm of iron which revolves on a bolt through an eye at one end, at the other is a larger ey...

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• stopper of the anchor

  A strong rope attached to the cat-head, which, passing through the anchor-ring, is afterwards fasten...

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• stopper of the cable

  Commonly called a deck-stopper. A piece of rope having a large knot at one end, and hooked or lashed...

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