Establishments at our different ports for carrying into effect the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act.
·adj A picture representing some marine subject. II. Marine ·adj Formed by the action of the curren...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Belonging to the sea. It is a general name for the royal or mercantile navy of any state; also the w...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Doubling under the fore-channels to the water-line, to protect the planking from the bill of the anc...
The same as floats of a paddle-wheel. ...
Synonymous with chain-wales. ...
The berthing or close-boarding between the head-rails. ...
Wooden wings or strong frames of plank affixed to the sides of flat-bottomed vessels, such as Dutch ...
Short movable pieces of plank; a part of the lining of a ship's floor, close to the keelson, and imm...
One or more wooden bulk-heads in a vessel's hold, put up fore-and-aft, and firmly supported, for pre...
Frequent tacking, where there is not room for long boards, or from some other cause, as weather or t...
Planks fixed at an obtuse angle, to reflect light into a magazine. ...
A carved board on each side of the stem, reaching from it to the figure, or to the brackets. The car...
The berthing made to fit into a vessel's gangway on either side. ...
A term for the white facings of the old naval uniform. ...
Pieces of plank placed in the ports of a ship when laid up in ordinary; they are in an inclined posi...
·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. ...
A barometer, the tube of which is contracted in one part to prevent the sudden oscillations of the m...
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.) ...
See tack and half-tack. ...
, or top-gallant bulwarks. See quarter-boards. ...
; 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...