A short perpendicular gaff spar, under the bowsprit-end, for guying down the jib-boom, of which indeed it is the chief support, by means of the martingales. (See martingale.)
·noun A wencher; a lewd man. II. Striker ·noun A workman who is on a strike. III. Striker ·noun A ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun A mooring post on a wharf or beach. II. Dolphin ·noun A kind of wreath or strap of plaited co...
A brewhouse called the Dolphyn in old Fyshstrete, parish of St. Nicholas Colde Abbey, 1547 (L. and P...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Naturalists understand by this word numerous species of small cetaceous animals of the genus Delphin...
The Sailor's Word-Book
In St. Catherine's Court, East Smithfield (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...
1) West out of Little Distaff Lane, in Bread Street Ward (Strype, ed. 1720-Boyle, 1799). Site now o...
A tenement called "le Dolphin" in parish of St. Dunstan in the west in Fletestrete, between "le Bell...
See Dolphin Court4, Tower Street. ...
Described in a deed 1291, as a tenement in the parish of "St. Agnes infra Aldresgate," between the h...
1) On the east side of Bishopsgate Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (S. 167-Boyle, 1799). Teneme...
A larger and lesser pad, made of ropes, and put round the masts under the lower yards. ...
A kind of wreath or strap formed of plaited cordage, to be fastened occasionally round the lower yar...
Out of Crutched Friars (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle,1799). Not named in the maps. ...