main-capstan

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• Capstan

  ·noun A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drum...

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• capstan

  , &c. A mechanical arrangement for lifting great weights. There is a variety of capsterns, but the...

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• Main

  ·adj Vast; huge. II. Main ·noun A main-hamper. III. Main ·adj Important; necessary. IV. Main ·nou...

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• main

  very; main good, very good. Also the chief; madam's the main, i. e. madam is the chief or ruler. C. ...

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• main

  A continent or mainland. Also, figuratively, the ocean. ...

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• capstan-barring

  An obsolete sea-punishment, in which the offender was sentenced to carry a capstan-bar during a watc...

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• capstan-bars

  Long pieces of wood of the best ash or hickory, one end of which is thrust into the square holes in ...

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• capstan-room

  See room. ...

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• capstan-step

  (See step of the capstan.) The men march round to the tune of a fiddle or fife, and the phrase of ...

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• capstan-swifter

  A rope passed horizontally through notches in the outer ends of the bars, and drawn very tight: the ...

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• crab-capstan

  See crab. ...

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• double-capstan

  One shaft so constructed as to be worked both on an upper and lower deck, as in ships of the line, o...

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• drum-capstan

  A contrivance for weighing heavy anchors, invented by Sir S. Morland, who died in 1695. ...

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• jeer-capstan

  One placed between the fore and main masts, serving to stretch a rope, heave upon the jeers, and tak...

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• Main yard

  ·- The yard on which the mainsail is extended, supported by the mainmast. ...

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• Main-gauche

  ·noun The dagger held in the left hand, while the rapier is held in the right; — used to parry thru...

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• Main-hamper

  ·noun A hamper to be carried in the hand; a hand basket used in carrying grapes to the press. ...

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• Main-sail

  (Gr. artemon), answering to the modern "mizzen-sail," as some suppose. Others understand the "jib," ...

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• main-body

  The body of troops that marches between the advance-guard and the rear-guard of an army. ...

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• main-boom

  The spar which stretches the foot of the boom-mainsail in a fore-and-aft rigged vessel. ...

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• main-brace

  A purchase attached to the main-yard for trimming it to the wind. ...

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• main-breadth

  The broadest part of a ship at any particular timber or frame, distinguished by upper and lower heig...

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• main-course

  The main-sail. ...

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• main-guard

  The principal guard of a garrison town, usually posted in the place-of-arms, or the market-place. ...

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• main-hold

  That part of a ship's hold which lies near the main-hatch. ...

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• main-ice

  A body of impenetrable ice apparently detached from the land, but immovable; between which and the l...

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• main-jeers

  Jeers for swaying up the main-yard. ...

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• main-keel

  The principal keel, as distinguished from the false-keel and the keelson. ...

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• main-piece

  The strong horizontal beam of the windlass, supported at the ends by iron spindles in the windlass-b...

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• main-post

  The stern-post, as distinguished from the false-post and inner-post. ...

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• main-sail

  This, in a square-rigged vessel, is distinguished by the so-termed square main-sail; in a fore-and-a...

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• main-shaft

  The principal shaft in machinery. ...

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• main-spring

  The source of continuous motion in a time-keeper. Also, that part of a musket-lock which is sunk int...

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• main-staysail

  A storm-sail set between the fore and main masts. ...

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• main-tackle

  A large and strong tackle, hooked occasionally upon the main pendant, and used for various purposes,...

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• main-transom

  A term often applied to the wing-transom (which see). ...

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• main-wales

  The lower wales, which are generally placed on the lower breadth, and so that the main-deck knee-bol...

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• capstan, surge the

  Is the order to slacken the rope which is wound round the barrel while heaving, to prevent it from r...

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• capstan-bar pins

  Pins inserted through their ends to prevent their unshipping. ...

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• drumhead of capstan

  A broad cylindrical piece of elm, resembling a millstone, and fixed immediately above the barrel and...

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• coup de main

  A sudden and vigorous attack. ...

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• main royal-mast

  That above the main topgallant-mast. ...

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• main-sail haul!

  The order given to haul the after-yards round when the ship is nearly head to wind in tacking. ...

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• main-tack block

  A block forming part of the purchase used for hauling the main-tack down to. ...

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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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• main-top bowline

  The bowline of the main-topsail. It is used to haul the weather-leech forward when on a wind, which ...

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• main-topsail haul!

  The order used instead of main-sail haul, when the main-sail is not set. ...

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• main-yard men

  Those in the doctor's list. ...

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• square main-sail

  See main-sail. ...

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• barrel of a capstan

  The cylinder between the whelps and the paul rim, constituting the main-piece. ...

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• capstan, to man the

  To place the sailors at it in readiness to heave. ...

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• capstan, to paul the

  To drop all the pauls into their sockets, to prevent the capstan from recoiling during any pause of ...

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• capstan, to rig the

  To fix the bars in their respective holes, thrust in the pins to confine them, and reeve the swifter...

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• rig the capstan, to

  To fix the bars in the drumhead in readiness for heaving; not forgetting to pin and swift. (See caps...

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• step of the capstan

  A solid block of wood fixed between two of the ship's beams to receive the iron spindle and heel of ...

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• surge the capstan, to

  To slacken the rope heaved round upon its barrel, to prevent its parts from riding or getting foul. ...

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• fill the main-yard

  An order well understood to mean, fill the main-topsail, after it has been aback, or the ship hove-t...

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• splice the main brace

  In nautical parlance, to serve out an extra allowance of grog in bad weather or after severe exertio...

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• capstan, to come up the

  In one sense is to lift the pauls and walk back, or turn the capstan the contrary way, thereby slack...

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• capstan, to heave at the

  To urge it round, by pushing against the bars, as already described. ...

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• main-piece of the rudder

  The rudder-stock, or piece which is connected by the rudder-bands to the stern-post. ...

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• mate of the main-deck

  The officer appointed to superintend all the duties to be executed upon the main-deck during the day...

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• stay-tackles, fore and main

  Special movable purchases for hoisting in and out boats, anchors, &c. They plumb the fore and main h...

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• as deaf as the main-mast

  Said of one who does not readily catch an order given. Thus at sea the main-mast is synonymous with ...

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• haul aboard the fore and main tacks

  This is to haul them forward, and down to the chess-trees on the weather-side. ...

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