A large conical tub for containing the salt provisions intended for present consumption. Alluding to the junk, which is often called salt-horse, it has been described as the tub where the horse, and not the harness, is kept.
·- A tub lashed to a vessel's deck and containing salted provisions for daily use; — called also ha...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·vt Fig.: To equip or furnish for defense. II. Harness ·vt To make ready for draught; to equip with...
1) Heb. asar, "to bind;" hence the act of fastening animals to a cart (1 Sam. 6:7, 10; Jer. 46:4, et...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
An old statute term for the tackling or furniture of a ship. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·vt To put into a cask. II. Cask ·noun The quantity contained in a cask. III. Cask ·noun A casket;...
A barrel for fluid or solid provisions. (See stowage.) ...
·- A tank in which alum is crystallized from a solution. ...
One-half of a hogshead, or 28 imperial gallons. ...
Placing dunnage round it. ...
On the east side of Noble Street, at No. 11, next St. Mary Staining Churchyard, in Aldersgate Ward (...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.