fore-mast

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• fore-mast man

  From "before the mast." A private seaman as distinguished from an officer of a ship. ...

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• Mast

  ·noun The vertical post of a derrick or crane. II. Mast ·noun The fruit of the oak and beech, or ot...

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• mast

  [Anglo-Saxon mæst, also meant chief or greatest]. A long cylindrical piece of timber elevated perpen...

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• fore

  fŏre, inf., irregular, from the obsolete fuo, and equivalent to futurum esse; and fŏrem, fores, fore...

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

• fore

  fore, forem see sum. ...

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• Fore

  ·adv Formerly; previously; afore. II. Fore ·adv In or towards the bows of a ship. III. Fore ·vi Jo...

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• fore

  The distinguishing character of all that part of a ship's frame and machinery which lies near the st...

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• Half-mast

  ·noun A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mou...

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• Jury mast

  ·add. ·- An apparatus to support the trunk and head in spinal disease. II. Jury mast ·add. ·- A tem...

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• dur-mast

  An inferior oak of more rapid growth than the true English. ...

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• foretop-mast

  See top-mast. ...

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• half-mast

  The lowering a flag in respect for the death of an officer. ...

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• jigger-mast

  In large vessels it is an additional aftermost mast; thus any sail set on the ensign-staff would be ...

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• jury-mast

  A temporary or occasional mast erected in a ship in the place of one which has been carried away in ...

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• mast-carlings

  Those large carlings which are placed at the sides of the masts from beam to beam, to frame the part...

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• mast-coat

  A conical canvas fitted over the wedges round the mast, to prevent water oozing down from the decks....

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• mast-head

  The upper part of a mast above the rigging. ...

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• mast-heading

  A well-known marine punishment, said to give midshipmen the best time for reading. A court-martial, ...

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• mast-high

  A figurative expression of height. ...

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• mast-holes

  The apertures in the deck-partners for stepping the masts. ...

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• mast-hoops

  The iron hoops on made or built masts. ...

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• mast-house

  In dockyards, where masts are made. ...

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• mast-rope

  [Anglo-Saxon mæst-ràp]. That which is used for sending masts up or down. ...

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• mizen-mast

  The aftermost mast of a ship (see shrouds, stay, yard, &c.), observing only that the epithet of fore...

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• sheer-mast

  The peculiar rig of the rafts on the Guayaquil river; also of the piratical prahus of the eastern se...

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• skysail-mast

  The pole or upper portion of a royal mast, when long enough to serve for setting a skysail; otherwis...

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• topgallant-mast

  The third mast above the deck; the uppermost before the days of royals and flying kites. ...

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• top-mast

  The second division of a mast above the deck. (See mast.) ...

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• trysail-mast

  A spar abaft the fore and main mast, for hoisting the trysail. ...

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• Fore part

  ·noun ·Alt. of <<Forepart>>. ...

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• Fore teeth

  ·pl of Fore tooth. ...

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• Fore tooth

  ·- One of the teeth in the forepart of the mouth; an <<Incisor>>. ...

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• Fore-night

  ·noun The evening between twilight and bedtime. ...

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• Fore-topgallant

  ·adj Designating the mast, sail, yard, ·etc., above the topmast; as, the fore-topgallant sail. ·see ...

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• Fore-topmast

  ·noun The mast erected at the head of the foremast, and at the head of which stands the fore-topgall...

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• Fore-topsail

  ·noun ·see <<Sail>>. ...

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• Fore Court

  1) At Bridewell, Fleet Ditch (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. 2) At Doctors'...

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• Fore Street

  East out of Redcross Street at No. 34 to No. 9 Finsbury Pavement (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street...

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• fore-handed

  To be fore-handed is to be in good circumstances; to be comfortably off. The expression is much used...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• fore-end

  the beginning of a week, month, or year. North. ...

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• fore-think

  to be sorry for ; to repent. North. ...

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• fore-bay

  A rising at a lock-gate flooring. Also, the galley or the sick-bay. ...

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• fore-body

  An imaginary figure of that part of the ship afore the midships or dead-flat, as seen from ahead. ...

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• fore-bowline

  The bowline of the fore-sail. ...

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• fore-braces

  Ropes applied to the fore yard-arms to change the position of the fore-sail occasionally. ...

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• fore-cockpit

  See cockpit. ...

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• fore-course

  The fore-sail (which see). ...

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• fore-deck

  That part from the fore-mast to the bows. ...

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• fore-finger

  , or index-finger. The pointing finger, which was called shoot-finger by the Anglo-Saxons, from it...

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• fore-foot

  The foremost piece of the keel, or a timber which terminates the keel at the forward extremity, and ...

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• fore-goer

  The same as fore-ganger. ...

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• fore-gripe

  See gripe. ...

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• fore-guy

  A rope to the swinging-boom of the lower studding-sail. ...

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• fore-hammer

  The sledge-hammer which strikes the iron on the anvil first, if it be heavy work, but the hand-hamme...

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• fore-hold

  The part of the hold before the fore hatchway. ...

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• fore-hoods

  The foremost of the outside and inside planks of a vessel. ...

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• fore-hooks

  The same as breast-hooks (which see). ...

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• fore-lightroom

  See light-room. ...

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• fore-magazine

  See magazine. ...

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• fore-ness

  An old term for a promontory. ...

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• fore-peak

  The contracted part of a vessel's hold, close to the bow; close forward under the lower deck. ...

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• fore-rake

  That part of the hull which rakes beyond the fore-end of the keel. ...

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• fore-sail

  The principal sail set on the fore-mast. (See sail.) ...

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• fore-ship

  An archaic form of forecastle of a ship; it means the fore-part of a vessel. ...

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• fore-shrouds

  See shrouds. ...

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• fore-staff

  An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies. The fore-staff, call...

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• fore-stage

  The old name for forecastle. ...

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• fore-stay

  See stay. ...

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• fore-tack

  Weather tack of the fore-sail hauled to the fore-boomkin when on a wind. ...

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• fore-tackle

  A tackle on the fore-mast, similar to the main-tackle (which see). It is used for similar purposes, ...

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• fore-thwart

  The seat of the bowman in a boat. ...

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• fore-top

  See top. ...

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• fore-tye

  See tye. ...

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• fore-yard

  (See yard.) For the yards, sails, rigging, &c., of the top-mast and topgallant-mast see those two ...

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• afore the mast

  See before the mast. ...

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• before the mast

  The station of the working seamen, as distinguishing them from the officers. ...

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• foretop-gallant-mast

  See topgallant-mast, to which may be added its proper sail, yard, and studding-sail. ...

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• hand mast-piece

  The smaller hand mast-spars. ...

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• hand mast-spar

  A round mast; those from Riga are commonly over 70 feet long by 20 inches diameter. ...

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• main royal-mast

  That above the main topgallant-mast. ...

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• mast-head men

  The men stationed aloft to keep a look-out. ...

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• mast-head pendants

  See pendant. ...

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• mizen mast-head

  Rear-admirals carry their flag at their mizen. ...

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• reefed top-mast

  When a top-mast is sprung in or near the cap, the lower piece is cut off, and a new fid-hole cut, by...

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• Fore Old Jewry

  By Aldgate (W. Stow, 1722, and Rev. of London, 1728). See Jewry Street. ...

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• Fore Street Avenue

  North out of Fore Street at No. 72 (P.O. Directory), with a branch West to Moor Lane and east to Moo...

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• fore-and-aft

  From head to stern throughout the ship's whole length, or from end to end; it also implies in a line...

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• fore-and-after

  A cocked hat worn with the peak in front instead of athwart. Also, a very usual term for a schooner ...

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• fore cat-harpings

  See cat-harpings. ...

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• fore-man afloat

  The dockyard officer in charge of the shipwrights working on board a ship not in dock. ...

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• fore-reach, to

  To shoot ahead, or go past another vessel, especially when going in stays: to sail faster, reach bey...

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• fore-sheet horse

  An iron bar fastened at its ends athwart the deck before the mast of a sloop, for the foresail-sheet...

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• fore-sheet traveller

  An iron ring which traverses along on the fore-sheet horse of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel. ...

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• jury mast. a journiere

  mast; i.e. a mast for the day or occasion. ...

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• cheeks of the mast

  The faces or projecting parts on each side of the masts, formed to sustain the trestle-trees upon wh...

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• dolphin of the mast

  A kind of wreath or strap formed of plaited cordage, to be fastened occasionally round the lower yar...

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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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• 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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• pay a mast, to

  or pay a yard, to To anoint it with tar, turpentine, rosin, tallow, or varnish; tallow is particul...

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• wring a mast, to

  To bend, cripple, or strain it out of its natural position by setting the shrouds up too taut. The p...

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• fore-and-aft sails

  Jibs, staysails, and gaff-sails; in fact, all sails which are not set to yards. They extend from the...

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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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• 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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• shoe of the fore-foot

  See fore-foot, gripe, horse. ...

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• stay-tackles, fore and main

  Special movable purchases for hoisting in and out boats, anchors, &c. They plumb the fore and main h...

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• as deaf as the main-mast

  Said of one who does not readily catch an order given. Thus at sea the main-mast is synonymous with ...

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• Fore Side of St. Thomas Apostle

  In Queen Street, Cheapside. See Great St. Thomas Apostle. ...

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• fore-ganger of the chain bower cables

  Is a length of 15 fathoms of stouter chain, in consequence of greater wear and tear near the anchor,...

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• haul aboard the fore and main tacks

  This is to haul them forward, and down to the chess-trees on the weather-side. ...

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• room. she lets out her fore room and lies backwards: saying of a woman suspected of prostitution.

  Stealing poultry. ...

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