A barometer, the tube of which is contracted in one part to prevent the sudden oscillations of the mercury by the ship's motion.
·noun An instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere, and hence for judging ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A glass tube of 36 inches in length, filled with the open end upwards with refined mercury thus boil...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·adj A picture representing some marine subject. II. Marine ·adj Formed by the action of the curren...
Belonging to the sea. It is a general name for the royal or mercantile navy of any state; also the w...
·- A barometer in which the changes of atmospheric pressure are indicated by the motion of a column ...
See sympiesometer ...
·adj Formed by the joint action of a river and the sea, as deposits at the mouths of rivers. ...
See Wellclose Square. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
An empty bottle: marine officers being held useless by the seamen. SEA WIT. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
(See marine engines.) Engine was of old a military machine for warfare. ...
An awkward lubberly person. One out of place. ...
Establishments at our different ports for carrying into effect the provisions of the Merchant Shippi...
Those constructed for making or preserving ships, as docks, arsenals, store-houses, &c. ...
Those steam engines which are used to propel ships, whether on the ocean or in rivers, in contradist...
, or jeffrey's glue. A well-known adhesive composition of great importance in ship carpentry, and ...
A contract by which an individual or a company agree to indemnify the losses or damages happening to...
A lake or inlet formed by the encroachments of the sea, and the deposits of fluviatile action. ...
An officer of the Royal Marines. Jocularly and witlessly applied to an empty bottle, as being "usele...
A term which has been applied to a slip for hauling vessels on to repair. ...
A general term for the iron-work, cordage, sails, provisions, and other outfit, with which a vessel ...
See marine. ...
Formerly a select branch of the R. Marines, specially instructed in gunnery and the care of artiller...
Midshipman in the French navy. ...
See marine boards. ...
A compartment of the after-platform, to receive the clothes and stores of the royal marines. ...
A public fund accumulated by fees payable to the Board of Trade on account of the merchant shipping....
A steam-engine where the top of the piston-rod is coupled with the crank, and the piston-rod moves b...
Originally selected from the royal marines, now specially enlisted. (See artillery, royal marine.) ...
A term reckoned synonymous with par-line (which see). ...
; eccentric, as in a turning-lathe. The bend or knee pinned on the shafts, by which they are moved r...
, is the strong supporter of the paddle-shafts and intermediate shaft; it rests on columns, and is f...