The ropes or chains by which the smoke-funnel is secured in a steam-ship.
·vt A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the ir...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
An iron tube used where necessary for carrying off smoke. The cylindrical appendages to the furnaces...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A cavity formed by omission of a timber in the upper works of a vessel, to admit fresh air into the ...
Ropes, battens, or iron bars placed on a yard or spar and set taut, either for bending the head of a...
To fail in going about from one tack to another; when, after a ship gets her head to the wind, she c...
Are rather smaller than the stays, and are placed above them, being intended as substitutes should t...
The order to keep the sails full to preserve the velocity, assisting the action of the rudder in tac...
The act of tacking, when, the wind being ahead, great pressure is thrown upon the stays. ...
The position of a ship in the act of going about. ...
Slow in going about. Also applied to a lazy man. ...
Repair to your posts to tack ship. ...
A necessary precaution to give the sails full force, in aid of the rudder when going about. ...