Said of a ship when returning from a voyage to the place whence she was fitted out; or the country to which she belongs.
·adv ·Alt. of <<Homewards>>. II. Homeward ·adj Being in the direction of home; as, the homeward way...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·- imp. & ·p.p. of Bind. II. Bound ·Impf of <<Bind>>. III. Bound ·p.p. of <<Bind>>. IV. Bound ·vi...
Destined for a particular service. Intended voyage to a place. ♦ Ice-bound. Totally surrounded wit...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A ship on her course home. ...
·adj Encompassed with gold. ...
·noun Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book. ...
·adj Kept at home. ...
·adj Enveloped in, or confined by, snow. ...
·adj Prevented by a flood from proceeding. ...
·adj Kept in port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad weather; as, a weather-bound vessel. ...
·adj Incumbered with tall, woody hedgerows. ...
much swelled in the belly. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
A vessel so surrounded by ice as to be prevented from proceeding on her voyage. ...
A coast where the shores are composed of rocks which mostly rise perpendicularly from the sea, and h...
Detained in port in consequence of being short of complement. ...
A phrase expressive of such passengers as are detained on board till a remittance arrives for paying...
Detained by foul winds; our forefathers used the term wæder fæst. ...
Detained at an anchorage by contrary winds. ...
Those which are fitted with iron strops. ...
A single block used in the clue of square-sails for the clue-lines to lead through; it has a shoulde...
A parson. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose