The counter between the upper counter and the rail under the lights.
·adj Compar. of Low, ·adj. II. Lower ·noun Cloudiness; gloominess. III. Lower ·noun A frowning; su...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·adv At or against the front or face. II. Counter ·vt Money; coin; — used in contempt. III. Count...
A term which enters into the composition of divers words of our language, and generally implies oppo...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Are opposed to each other; the former being the order to lower gradually, and the latter to lower ex...
·adj Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case; — used to denote the small letters, in distinction ...
In the Little Minories (W. Stow, 1722-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Out of the Crescent, Minories, in Portsoken Ward (Lockie, 1816). Not named in the maps. ...
The atmosphere to become cloudy. Also, to ease down gradually, expressed of some weighty body suspen...
The heaviest armament, usually on the lower deck. ...
See finishings. ...
See main-breadth. ...
The space for cargo in a merchant-vessel, fitted with 'tween-decks. ...
A well-known reach in the Thames where ships wait for the turn of the tide. ...
The lifts of the fore, main, and crossjack-yards. ...
See mast. ...
The opposite to the upper transit of a circumpolar star: the passage sub polo. ...
·- The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel. ...
·- One of the middle parts in music, between the tenor and the treble; high tenor. ...
·noun A <<Counterpoise>>. ...
·adj ·see <<Compony>>. ...
·adj Lying down, with their heads in opposite directions; — said of animals borne in a coat of arms...
·adj Running in opposite directions; — said of animals borne in a coast of arms. ...
·adj Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece is cut into two, having the colors...
·noun A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll...
·adj Leaping from each other; — said of two figures on a coast of arms. ...
·noun A worthless dog that runs back on the scent; a blunderer. ...
·add. ·- A device for automatically counting the revolutions or pulsations of an engine or other mac...
See Compter Alley, Compter Court. ...
Works effected outside the place by the garrison during a siege, to enfilade, command, or otherwise ...
That portion of water diverted from the main stream of a current by the particular formation of the ...
A word often used for contravallation. ...
The converse of mould (which see). ...
The balustrade work, or ornamental moulding across a square stern, where the counter terminates. ...
The disturbed state of the sea after a gale, when, the wind having changed, the sea still runs in it...
Those holes which are made for the heads of bolts or nails to be sunk in, so as to be even with the ...
Short right-aft timbers for the purpose of strengthening the counter, and forming the stern. ...
See counter-approaches. ...
See counter. ...
The counter between the wing transom and the rail. (See counter.) ...
West from Little Thames Street to the Hermitage Swing Bridge and Basin (P.O. Directory). In the eig...
East from London Bridge to Tower Hill (P.O. Directory). In Tower, Billingsgate and Bridge Wards. Fi...
The second on the builder's draught, representing the lower height of breadth, on which line is set ...
The lowest range of beams in a merchantman. ...
in the marine engine. (See lever.) Also in many marine barometers, where it slides and is fixed by a...
Is bracing the head-yards one way, and the after-yards another. The counter-brace is the lee-brace o...
The stern timber which partakes of the shape of the top-side, and heels upon the end of the wing-tra...
To fire the lower tier of guns. Also said of a person using violent language. ...
See Salutation Court. ...
That part of a mast which is below deck to the step in the kelson; of a bowsprit, the portion within...
An officer of considerable importance in former times in ships of the line; he was responsible for t...
To let go altogether, instead of lowering with a turn on a cleat or bitt-head. ...
See Wilson's Yard. ...
The old practice of morning and evening evolutions in a line-of-battle ship, wind and weather permit...