gurnet-pendant

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• Gurnet

  ·noun One ofseveral European marine fishes, of the genus Trigla and allied genera, having a large an...

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• gurnet

  n. The species of Trigla foundin British waters, called Gurnards are of the family of Cottidae. The...

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• Pendant

  ·noun A <<Pendulum>>. II. Pendant ·noun The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended. II...

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• pendant

  A strop or short piece of rope fixed on each side, under the shrouds, upon the heads of the main and...

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• soused gurnet

  Best expressed by Falstaff's "If I be not ashamed of my soldiers, I am a soused gurnet." ...

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• distinguishing pendant

  In fleets and squadrons, instead of hoisting several flags to denote the number of the ship on the l...

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• reef-pendant

  A rope going through a cringle in the after-leech of a boom main-sail, and through a check sheave-ho...

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• truss-pendant

  That part of a rope-truss into which the truss-tackle blocks are seized. ...

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• red gurnet-perch

  n. name given in Victoria tothe fish Sebastes percoides, Richards., family Scorpaenidae. It is also...

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• boom-brace pendant

  A rope attached to the extremity of a studding-sail boom, and leading down on deck; it is used to co...

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• clear the pendant

  See up and clear the pendant. ...

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• hoisting the pendant

  Commissioning a ship. ...

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• main-tackle pendant

  A stout piece of rope with a hook in one end, and a thimble in the other, sometimes used for hauling...

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• top-tackle pendant

  The pendant used with the above. The top-mast is swayed up by a top-rope or hawser. The pendant, whi...

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• winding-tackle pendant

  A strong rope made fast to the lower mast-head, and forming the support of the winding-tackle. ...

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