These consist of the floor-timbers, futtocks, and top-timbers; they are placed upon the keel at right angles to it, and form the bottom and sides of the ship.
·vt To <<Support>>. II. Frame ·vt To provide with a frame, as a picture. III. Frame ·noun Contriva...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
to set about a thing ; as, he frames well. North. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
The outer frame timbers of a vessel consist of the keel, stem, stern-posts, and ribs, which when mou...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The incurvated ribs of a ship which branch outwards from the keel in a vertical direction, so as to ...
·add. ·noun A conspiracy or plot, ·esp. for a malicious or evil purpose, as to incriminate a person ...
·add. ·- A rheostat consisting of an open frame on which are stretched spirals of wire. Being freely...
·- A name given to the first power spinning machine, because driven by water power. ...
The sheriff's picture frame; the gallows or pillory. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A vertical wheel for turning the three whirlers of a small rope-machine. ...
The stand from which Congreve rockets are fired. ...
That strong and ornamental union based on the stern-post, transom, and fashion-pieces. ...
·noun The highest timbers on the side of a vessel, being those above the futtocks. ...
All those timbers abaft the midship section or bearing part of a vessel. ...
Two pieces of oak, usually called knight-heads (which see). ...
Those on each side of the stem, continued up for the security of the bowsprit. (See knight-heads.) ...
Those which form the bow of the ship. ...
They derive their name from being canted or raised obliquely from the keel. The upper ends of those ...
Such as are curved, crooked, or arched, for ship-building. ...
Short right-aft timbers for the purpose of strengthening the counter, and forming the stern. ...
See cross-piece. ...
Blocks of wood introduced in all well-built vessels between the frames, where the bilge-water may wa...
See floors ...
See futtocks. ...
Those which lie on the keel, and are fastened to it with bolts through the kelson. ...
The short timbers or futtocks in the cant-bodies, answering to the lower futtocks in the square-body...
The upright timbers in the bow, bolted on each side of the stem, in which the hawse-holes are cut. ...
The top-timbers in the fore-body, the heads of which stand perpendicular, and form an angle with the...
, or long top-timbers. Synonymous with double futtocks. Timbers in the cant-bodies, reaching from ...
The framing timbers in a vessel's quarter. ...
Those timbers which stand square with, or perpendicular to, the keel. ...
The first general tier which reach the top are called long top-timbers, and those below short top-ti...
·add. ·- An inswept frame. ...
The gallows. ...
See bevelling. ...
A provincial name for hawse-wood. ...
See stern-timbers. ...
See long timbers ...
Putting in the beam-knees, coamings, &c., and dividing the spaces between the beams for fitting the ...
, is the strong supporter of the paddle-shafts and intermediate shaft; it rests on columns, and is f...