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ears of a pump
The support of the bolt for the handle or break.
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To be by the ears. A familiar and very old phrase, denoting to quarrel or fight. It alludes to the p...
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ears
the handles, particularly of a jug, or pit- cher. York, and Derb. North.
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ears
In artillery the lugs or ear-shaped rings fashioned on the larger bombs or mortar-shells for their c...
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Boat
·vi To go or row in a boat.
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boat
A small open vessel, conducted on the water by rowing or sailing.
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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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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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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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Minories' Ears
On the eastern boundary of .Portsoken Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, 1. ii. 26).
Not named in the maps.
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iris ears
A name applied to the shells of the Haliotis a univalve mollusc found clinging like limpets to rocks...
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wind a boat, to
To change her position by bringing her stern round to the place where the head was. (See wending.)
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A, a, indecl. n. (sometimes joined with littera), the first letter of the Latin alphabet, correspond...
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a
a, prep.=ab, v. ab.
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A. a. as an abbreviation, 1 for the praenomen Aulus.
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·- A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on ...
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Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet, as Omega is the last. These letters occur in the text...
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a
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snake-boat of cochin
See pamban manche
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Boat bug
·- An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta;
— so called from swimming on its back, whi...
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Boat shell
·- A marine univalve shell of the genus Cymba.
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Boat-shaped
·adj ·see <<Cymbiform>>.
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Boat-tail
·noun A large grackle or blackbird (Quiscalus major), found in the Southern United States.
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Flying boat
·add. ·- A compact form of hydro-aeroplane having one central body, or hull.
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Hatch-boat
·noun A vessel whose deck consists almost wholly of movable hatches;
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Jolly-boat
·noun A boat of medium size belonging to a ship.
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Light-boat
·noun Light-ship.
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Mackinaw boat
·add. ·- A flat-bottomed boat with a pointed prow and square stern, using oars or sails or both, use...
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Masoola boat
·- A kind of boat used on the coast of Madras, India. The planks are sewed together with strands of ...
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Massoola boat
·- ·see Masoola boat.
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Masula boat
·- ·same·as Masoola boat.
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Una boat
·- The English name for a catboat;
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Ferry boat
(2 Sam. 19:18), some kind of boat for crossing the river which the men of Judah placed at the servic...
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bum boat
A boat attending ships to retail greens, drams, &c. commonly rowed by a woman; a kind of floating ch...
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chebacco boat
Probably the same as the xebec of the Mediterranean. A description of fishing vessel employed in the...
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advice-boat
A small fast-sailing vessel in advance of a fleet, employed to carry intelligence with all possible ...
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billy boat
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boat-buoys
Means added to increase the buoyancy of life-boats, &c.
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boat-chocks
Clamps of wood upon which a boat rests when stowed on a vessel's deck.
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boat-cloak
A mantle for the officer going on duty; when left in the boat it is in the coxswain's charge.
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boat-davit
A curved piece of timber with a sheave at its outer end, which projects over the boat's stern, while...
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boat-fast
See painter.
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boat-geer
A general name for the rigging and furniture of a boat.
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boat-hire
Expenses for the use of shore-boats.
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boat-hook
An iron hook with a straight prong at its hinder part; it is fixed upon a pole, by the help of which...
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boat-keeper
One of the boat's crew who remains in charge of her during the absence of the others. In small vesse...
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boat-nails
Those supplied for the carpenter's use are of various lengths, generally rose-headed, square at the ...
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boat-rope
A separate rope veered to the boat to be towed at the ship's stern.
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boat-skids
Portable pieces of plank used to prevent chafing when a boat is hoisted or lowered. (See skids.)
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bolt-boat
An old term for a boat which makes good weather in a rough sea.
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bum-boat
A boat employed to carry provisions, vegetables, and small merchandise for sale to ships, either in ...
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canal-boat
A barge generally towed by horses, but furnished with a large square-sail for occasional use.
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chebacco boat
A description of fishing-vessel employed in the Newfoundland fisheries. It is probably named from Ch...
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cock-boat
A very small boat used on rivers or near the shore. Formerly the cock was the general name of a yawl...
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crab-boat
Resembles a large jolly-boat.
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dawk-boat
A boat for the conveyance of letters in India; dawk being the Hindostanee for mail.
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dredger-boat
One that uses the net so called, for turbots, soles, sandlings, &c.
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fishing-boat
A stout fishing-vessel with two lug-sails.
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fly-boat
A large flat-bottomed Dutch vessel, whose burden is generally from 300 to 600 tons. It is distinguis...
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foot-boat
A west-country term for a boat used solely to convey foot passengers.
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guard-boat
A boat appointed to row the rounds amongst the ships of war in any harbour, &c., to observe that the...
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guinea-boat
A fast-rowing galley, of former times, expressly built for smuggling gold across the Channel, in use...
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gunning-boat
, or gunning-shout.
A light and narrow boat in which the fen-men pursue the flocks of wild-fowl.
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haaf-boat
One fitted for deep-water fishing.
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hag-boat
See heck-boat.
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hatch-boat
A sort of small vessel known as a pilot-boat, having a deck composed almost entirely of hatches.
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heck-boat
The old term for pinks. Latterly a clincher-built boat with covered fore-sheets, and one mast with a...
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hog-boat
See heck-boat.
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house-boat
One with a cabin; a coche d'eau.
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ice-boat
A peculiar track-schuyt for the Dutch canals in winter.
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jolly-boat
A smaller boat than the cutter, but likewise clincher-built. It is generally a hack boat for small w...
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life-boat
One of such peculiar construction that it cannot sink or be swamped. It is equipped for attending wh...
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lobster-boat
A bluff, clincher-built vessel, fitted with a well, to preserve the lobsters alive.
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long boat
Is carvel-built, full, flat, and high, and is usually the largest boat belonging to a ship, furnishe...
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lug-boat
The fine Deal boats which brave the severest weather; they are rigged as luggers, and dip the yards ...
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mackerel-boat
A stout clinch-worked vessel, with a large fore-sail, sprit-sail, and mizen.
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monkey-boat
A half-decked boat above-bridge on the Thames.
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negro-boat
See almadia.
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passage-boat
A small vessel employed in carrying persons or luggage from one port to another. Also, a ferry-boat....
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peter-boat
A fishing-boat of the Thames and Medway, so named after St. Peter, as the patron of fishermen, whose...
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pitch-boat
A vessel fitted for boiling pitch in, which should be veered astern of the one being caulked.
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quarter-boat
Any boat is thus designated which is hung to davits over the ship's quarter.
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rocket-boat
Flat-bottomed boats, fitted with rocket-frames to fire Congreve rockets from, in naval bombardment.
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sea-boat
A good sea-boat implies any vessel adapted to bear the sea firmly and lively without labouring heavi...
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stal-boat
A peculiar fishing-boat, mentioned in statute 27 Eliz. c. 21.
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surf-boat
A peculiar kind of flat-bottomed boat, varying according to local exigencies, for landing men, or go...
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team-boat
A ferry-boat worked with horses by paddle-wheel propulsion.
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tilt-boat
One expressly fitted like a tilt-waggon, to preserve powder or other fragile stores from the weather...
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tod-boat
A broad flat Dutch fishing-boat.
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track-boat
[from the Dutch treck-schuyt]. A vessel used on a canal or narrow stream.
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whale-boat
A boat varying from 26 to 56 feet in length, and from 4 to 10 feet beam, sharp at both ends, and adm...
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bundling things into a boat
Loading it in a slovenly way.
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A. F. of L.
·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
This phrase is heard in low language with us as in England.
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boll of a tree
the stem, trunk, or body. N.
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newst of a newstness
i. e. much of a muchness. Glouc.
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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
Indications of a return of fine weather; short gusts at intervals; moaning or whistling of the wind ...
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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
: on just ground, as supposed war, suspicious papers, undue number of men, found hovering, or cargo ...
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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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Of
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over head and ears
Completely overwhelmed. 'He sank over head and ears in the river;' 'He was over head and ears in deb...
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apparent place of a star
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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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cranks of a marine engine
; eccentric, as in a turning-lathe. The bend or knee pinned on the shafts, by which they are moved r...
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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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goose-wings of a sail
The situation of a course when the buntlines and lee-clue are hauled up, and the weather-clue down. ...
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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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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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