(See frapping a ship.) A term for the old 10-gun brigs.
·noun A <<Basket>>. II. Coffin ·vt To inclose in, or as in, a coffin. III. Coffin ·noun A conical ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Used in Gen. 50:26 with reference to the burial of Joseph. Here, it means a mummy-chest. The same He...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
[Burial, Sepulchres] ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·noun The second coat of three-coat plastering. II. Floating ·noun Floating threads. ·see Floating ...
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Floating lien. ...
·add. ·- A charge, lien, ·etc., that successively attaches to such assets as a person may have from ...
See campbell's academy. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
The hulks. ...
A simple machine consisting of a fourfold canvas, stretched by two cross-bars of iron, rivetted in t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A vessel expressly fitted for action in harbours or sheltered waters, having heavier offensive and d...
An old ship fitted up in a commercial port for the purpose of public Worship. ...
A passage formed across a river or creek by means of bridges of boats, as over the Douro, Rhine, &c....
A caisson used instead of gates for a dry-dock. ...
See caisson. ...
A vessel moored off rocks or sand-banks, hoisting lights at night. ...
As the stage at Liverpool. ...
For caulkers, painters, &c. ...
A modified camel (which see). ...