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engine, marine
(See marine engines.)
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cranks
1) two or more rows of iron crooks in a frame used as a toaster. Northumb.
2) offices. S.
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oscillating marine-engine
A steam-engine where the top of the piston-rod is coupled with the crank, and the piston-rod moves b...
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Marine
·adj A picture representing some marine subject.
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marine
Belonging to the sea. It is a general name for the royal or mercantile navy of any state; also the w...
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·vt To assault with an engine.
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Engine
a term applied exclusively to military affairs in the Bible. The engines to which the term is applie...
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frame of the marine steam-engine
, is the strong supporter of the paddle-shafts and intermediate shaft; it rests on columns, and is f...
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Fluvio-marine
·adj Formed by the joint action of a river and the sea, as deposits at the mouths of rivers.
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Marine Square
See Wellclose Square.
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marine officer
An empty bottle: marine officers being held useless by the seamen. SEA WIT.
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horse-marine
An awkward lubberly person. One out of place.
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marine barometer
A barometer, the tube of which is contracted in one part to prevent the sudden oscillations of the m...
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marine boards
Establishments at our different ports for carrying into effect the provisions of the Merchant Shippi...
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marine buildings
Those constructed for making or preserving ships, as docks, arsenals, store-houses, &c.
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marine engines
Those steam engines which are used to propel ships, whether on the ocean or in rivers, in contradist...
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marine glue
, or jeffrey's glue.
A well-known adhesive composition of great importance in ship carpentry, and ...
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marine insurance
A contract by which an individual or a company agree to indemnify the losses or damages happening to...
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marine lagoon
A lake or inlet formed by the encroachments of the sea, and the deposits of fluviatile action.
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marine officer
An officer of the Royal Marines. Jocularly and witlessly applied to an empty bottle, as being "usele...
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marine railway
A term which has been applied to a slip for hauling vessels on to repair.
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marine stores
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mercantile marine
See marine.
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Air engine
·- An engine driven by heated or by compressed air.
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Bogie engine
·add. ·- A switching engine the running gear and driving gear of which are on a bogie, or truck.
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Diesel engine
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Diesel motor.
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Engine-sized
·adj Sized by a machine, and not while in the pulp;
— said of paper.
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Gas engine
·add. ·- A kind of internal-combustion engine (which see) using fixed gas; also, broadly, any intern...
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Otto engine
·add. ·- An engine using the Otto cycle.
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·add. ·- An engine, usually an internal-combustion engine of a certain type (the radial type) having...
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Radiant engine
·add. ·- A semiradial engine. ·see Radial engine, above.
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Semiradial engine
·add. ·- ·see Radial engine, above.
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Steam engine
·- An engine moved by steam.
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Tandem engine
·add. ·- A steam engine having two or more steam cylinders in line, with a common piston rod.
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Trunk engine
·add. ·- An engine having a trunk piston, as most internal combustion engines.
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Water engine
·- An engine to raise water; or an engine moved by water; also, an engine or machine for extinguishi...
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blast-engine
A ventilating machine to draw off the foul air from the hold of a ship, and induce a current of fres...
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donkey-engine
An auxiliary steam-engine for feeding the boilers of the principal engine when they are stopped; or ...
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engine-bearers
Sleepers, or pieces of timber placed between the keelson, in a steamer, and the boilers of the steam...
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trunk-engine
A direct-acting steam-engine, in which the end of the connecting-rod is attached to the bottom of a ...
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throwing a steam-engine out of gear
Disconnecting the eccentric rod from the gab-lever.
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·add. ·- American Federation of Labor.
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birds of a feather
Rogues of the same gang.
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son of a gun
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boll of a tree
the stem, trunk, or body. N.
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newst of a newstness
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abandonment of a vessel
Deserting and abandoning her by reason of unseaworthiness or danger of remaining in her, also when g...
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antecedent of a ratio
The first of the two terms.
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back, of a ship
The keel and kelson are figuratively thus termed.
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bar of a harbour
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bar of a port
or bar of a harbour
An accumulated shoal or bank of sand, shingle, gravel, or other uliginous subs...
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barrel of a capstan
The cylinder between the whelps and the paul rim, constituting the main-piece.
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barrel of a pump
The wooden tube which forms the body of the engine.
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bed of a mortar
The solid frame on which a mortar is mounted for firing. For sea-service it is generally made of woo...
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body, of a place
In fortification, the space inclosed by the enceinte, or line of bastions and curtains.
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breaking of a gale
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breech of a cannon
The after-end, next the vent or touch-hole. It is the most massive part of a gun; strictly speaking,...
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broth of a boy
An excellent, though roystering fellow.
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bulk of a ship
Implies the whole cargo when stowed in the hold.
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bunt of a sail
The middle part of it, formed designedly into a bag or cavity, that the sail may gather more wind. I...
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capital of a work
In fortification, an imaginary line bisecting its most prominent salient angle.
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carcass of a ship
The ribs, with keel, stem, and stern-post, after the planks are stripped off.
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carriage of a gun
The frame on which it is mounted for firing, constructed either exclusively for this purpose, or als...
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caulking of a ship
Forcing a quantity of oakum, or old ropes untwisted and drawn asunder, into the seams of the planks,...
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chamber of a mine
The seat or receptacle prepared for the powder-charge, usually at the end of the gallery, and out of...
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chase of a gun
That part of the conical external surface extending from the moulding in front of the trunnions to t...
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clue of a hammock
The combination of small lines by which it is suspended, being formed of knittles, grommets, and lan...
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cogs of a wheel
; applies to all wheel machinery now used at sea or on shore: thus windlass-cogs, capstan-cogs, &c.
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coom of a wave
The comb or crest. The white summit when it breaks.
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crater of a mine
Synonymous with funnel (which see).
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depth of a sail
The extent of the square sails from the head-rope to the foot-rope, or the length of the after-leech...
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detention of a vessel
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ears of a boat
The knee-pieces at the fore-part on the outside at the height of the gunwale.
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ears of a pump
The support of the bolt for the handle or break.
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end of a trench
The place where the trenches are opened.
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eye of a stay
That part of a stay which is formed into a sort of collar to go round the mast-head; the eye and mou...
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eyes of a messenger
Eyes spliced in its ends to lash together.
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eyes of a ship
(See eyes of her.)
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face of a gun
The surface of the metal at the extremity of the muzzle.
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faces of a work
In fortification, are the two lines forming its most prominent salient angle.
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fetch of a gulf
The whole stretch from head to head, or point to point.
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fetch of a bay or gulf
The whole stretch from head to head, or point to point.
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flight of a shot
The trajectory formed between the muzzle of the gun and the first graze.
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fly of a flag
The breadth from the staff to the extreme end that flutters loose in the wind. If an ensign, the par...
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freight of a ship
The hire, or part thereof, usually paid for the carriage and conveyance of goods by sea; or the sum ...
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gallery of a mine
The passage of horizontal communication, as distinguished from the shaft or vertical descent, made u...
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handles of a gun
The dolphins.
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head of a comet
The brighter part of a comet, from which the tail proceeds.
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head of a mast
, or mast-head.
The upper part of any mast, or that whereon the caps or trucks are fitted.
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head of a work
In fortification, the part most advanced towards the enemy. In progressive works, such as siege-appr...
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heel of a mast
The lower end, which either fits into the step attached to the keel, or in top-masts is sustained by...
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hood of a pump
A frame covering the upper wheel of a chain-pump.
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hullock of a sail
A small part lowered in a gale.
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jaw of a block
The space in the shell where the sheave revolves.
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lay of a rope
The direction in which its strands are twisted; hawser is right-handed; cablet left-handed.
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loading of a ship
See cargo and lading.
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mate of a watch
The senior or passed midshipman is responsible to the officer of the watch. He heaves the log, inser...
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mouldings of a gun
The several rings and ornaments.
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neck of a gun
The narrow part where the chase meets the swell of the muzzle.
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nucleus of a comet
The condensed or star-like part of the head.
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profile of a fort
See orthographic projection.
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range of a gun
The horizontal distance which it will send a shot, at a stated elevation, to the point of its first ...
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refusal of a pile
Its stoppage or obstruction, when it cannot be driven further in.
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ribs of a parrel
An old species of parrel having alternate ribs and bull's-eyes; the ribs were pieces of wood, each a...
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rig of a ship
The disposition of the masts, cut of sails, &c., whether square or fore-and-aft rigs. In fact, the r...
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score of a block, or of a dead eye
The groove round which the rope passes.
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shaft of a mine
The narrow perpendicular pit by which the gallery is entered, and from which the branches of the min...
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shell of a block
The outer frame or case wherein the sheave or wheel is contained and traverses about its axis.
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shoulder of a bastion
The part of it adjacent to the junction of a face with a flank. The angle of the shoulder is that fo...
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sill of a dock
The timber at the base against which the gates shut; and the depth of water which will float a vesse...
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skeleton of a regiment
Its principal officers and staff.
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skin of a sail
The outside part when a sail is furled. To furl in a clean skin, is the habit of a good seaman.
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son of a gun
An epithet conveying contempt in a slight degree, and originally applied to boys born afloat, when w...
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tail of a gale
The latter part of a gale, when its violence is dying out.
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tongue of a bevel
The movable part of the instrument by which the angles or bevellings are taken.
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track of a ship
The line of a ship's course through the water. (See wake.)
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tread of a keel
The length of her keel.
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tread of a ship or keel
The length of her keel.
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trees of a ship
The chess-trees, the cross-trees, the rough-trees, the trestle-trees, and the waste-trees.
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captain of a ship of war
Is the commanding officer; as well the post-captain (a title now disused) as those whose proper titl...
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chamber of a piece of ordnance
The end of the bore modified to receive the charge of powder. In mortars, howitzers, and shell-guns,...
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gunner, of a ship of war
A warrant-officer appointed to take charge of the ammunition and artillery on board; to keep the lat...
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master of a ship-of-war
An officer appointed by the commissioners of the navy to attend to the navigating a ship under the d...
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muzzle of a piece of ordnance
The forward extremity of the cylinder, and the metal which surrounds it, extending back to the neck,...
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(abbreviation) Old French
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Of
·prep During; in the course of.
II. Of ·prep Denoting passage from one state to another; from.
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putting a steam-engine in gear
This is said when the gab of the eccentric rod is allowed to fall upon its stud on the gab-lever.
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artillery, royal marine
Formerly a select branch of the R. Marines, specially instructed in gunnery and the care of artiller...
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aspirant de marine
Midshipman in the French navy.
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local marine-board
See marine boards.
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marine clothing-room
A compartment of the after-platform, to receive the clothes and stores of the royal marines.
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mercantile marine fund
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royal marine artillery
Originally selected from the royal marines, now specially enlisted. (See artillery, royal marine.)
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Engine-type generator
·add. ·- A generator having its revolving part carried on the shaft of the driving engine.
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atmospheric or single-action steam-engine
A condensing machine, in which the downward stroke of the piston is performed by the pressure of the...
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direct-acting engine
A steam engine in which the connecting rod is led at once from the head of the piston to the crank, ...
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double-acting engine
One in which the steam acts upon the piston against a vacuum, both in the upward and downward moveme...
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engine-room telegraph
A dial-contrivance by which the officer on deck can communicate with the engineer below.
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non-condensing engine
A high-pressure steam-engine.
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single-action engine
See atmospheric steam-engine.
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Skull, The place of a
See Golgotha.
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apparent place of a star
This is the position for any day which it seems to occupy in the heavens, as affected with aberratio...
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arms of a great gun
The trunnions.
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astronomical place of a star or planet
Its longitude or place in the ecliptic, reckoned from the first point of Aries, according to the nat...
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captain of a merchant ship
Is a certificated officer in the mercantile marine, intrusted with the entire charge of a ship, both...
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eye of a block-strop
That part by which it is fastened or suspended to any particular place upon the sails, masts, or rig...
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feeding-part of a tackle
That running through the sheaves, in opposition to the standing part.
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foot-clue of a hammock
See hammock.
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fore-part of a ship
The bay, or all before the fore-hatches.
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fore-sheets of a boat
The inner part of the bows, opposite to stern-sheets, fitted with gratings on which the bowman stand...
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goose-wings of a sail
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hammer, of a gun-lock
Formerly the steel covering of the pan from which the flint of the cock struck sparks on to the prim...
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head-clue of a hammock
Where the head rests. (See hammock.)
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housing of a lower mast
That part of a mast which is below deck to the step in the kelson; of a bowsprit, the portion within...
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incompetency, or insufficiency, of a merchantman's crew
A bar to any claim on warrantry; as it is an implied condition in the sea-worthiness of a ship, that...
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insufficiency of a merchantman's crew
This bars the owner's claim on the sea-worthy warrant. (See incompetency of a merchantman's crew.)
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latitude of a celestial object
An arc of a circle of longitude between the centre of that object and the ecliptic, and is north or ...
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longitude of a celestial body
An arc of the ecliptic, contained between the first point of Aries and a circle of longitude passing...
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loops of a gun-carriage
The iron eye-bolts to which the tackles are hooked.
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mate of a merchant-ship
The officer who commands in the absence of the master, and shares the duty with him at sea. (See chi...
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mean place of a star
Its position at a given time, independent of aberration and nutation.
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normal level of a barometer
A term reckoned synonymous with par-line (which see).
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notch-sight of a gun
A sight having a V-shaped notch, wherein the eye easily finds the lowest or central point.
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running part of a tackle
Synonymous with the fall, or that part on which the man power is applied to produce the intended eff...
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score of a dead eye
The groove round which the rope passes.
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sole of a gun-port
The lower part of it, more properly called port-sill.
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spoliation of a ship's papers
An act which, by the maritime law of every court in Europe, not only excludes further proof, but doe...
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standing part of a hook
That part which is attached to a block, chain, or anything which is to heave the hook up, with a wei...
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standing part of a sheet
That part which is secured to a ring at the ship's bow, quarter, side, &c.
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standing part of a rope
The part which is made fast to the mast, deck, or block, in contradistinction to that which is pulle...
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standing part of a tackle or rope
The part which is made fast to the mast, deck, or block, in contradistinction to that which is pulle...
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stroke-side of a boat
That in which the after starboard rowlock is placed, or where the after oar is rowed if single-banke...
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supernatant part of a ship
That part which, when afloat, is above the water. This was formerly expressed by the name dead-work....
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transom of a gun-carriage
A cross piece of timber uniting the cheeks; generally between the trunnion-holes and the fore axle-t...
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vent-field of a gun
The raised tablet in the metal near the breech in which the vent is bored.
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trunk of a fishing-vessel
A strong compartment in the middle of the hold, open to the deck, but lined with lead on every side,...
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well, or trunk of a fishing-vessel
A strong compartment in the middle of the hold, open to the deck, but lined with lead on every side,...
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well-room of a boat
The place in the bottom where the water lies, between the ceiling and the platform of the stern-shee...
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·- A time indication, equivalent to alla breve.
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·add. ·- Astride; with a part on each side;
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·- With stronger reason.
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A posteriori
·- Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; i...
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A priori
·- Applied to knowledge and conceptions assumed, or presupposed, as prior to experience, in order to...
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A-mornings
·adv In the morning; every morning.
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A-sea
·adv On the sea; at sea; toward the sea.
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A-tiptoe
·adv On tiptoe; eagerly expecting.
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Due-a
·noun ·see Do-a.
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Pi-a
·add. ·noun The <<Pineapple>>.
II. Pi-a ·add. ·noun Pi-a cloth or the fiber of which it is made.
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Vicu-a
·noun ·Alt. of <<Vicugna>>.
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