A well-known marine punishment, said to give midshipmen the best time for reading. A court-martial, as a substitute, punishes the parents as well as the thoughtless youth.
·noun Material for the heads of casks, barrels, ·etc. II. Heading ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Head>>. III...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
As to ships in company, one advancing by sail or steam faster than another heads her. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun The vertical post of a derrick or crane. II. Mast ·noun The fruit of the oak and beech, or ot...
[Anglo-Saxon mæst, also meant chief or greatest]. A long cylindrical piece of timber elevated perpen...
·noun A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mou...
·add. ·- An apparatus to support the trunk and head in spinal disease. II. Jury mast ·add. ·- A tem...
An inferior oak of more rapid growth than the true English. ...
The forward lower-mast in all vessels. (See mast.) ...
See top-mast. ...
The lowering a flag in respect for the death of an officer. ...
In large vessels it is an additional aftermost mast; thus any sail set on the ensign-staff would be ...
A temporary or occasional mast erected in a ship in the place of one which has been carried away in ...
Those large carlings which are placed at the sides of the masts from beam to beam, to frame the part...
A conical canvas fitted over the wedges round the mast, to prevent water oozing down from the decks....
The upper part of a mast above the rigging. ...
A figurative expression of height. ...
The apertures in the deck-partners for stepping the masts. ...
The iron hoops on made or built masts. ...
In dockyards, where masts are made. ...
[Anglo-Saxon mæst-ràp]. That which is used for sending masts up or down. ...
The aftermost mast of a ship (see shrouds, stay, yard, &c.), observing only that the epithet of fore...
The peculiar rig of the rafts on the Guayaquil river; also of the piratical prahus of the eastern se...
The pole or upper portion of a royal mast, when long enough to serve for setting a skysail; otherwis...
The third mast above the deck; the uppermost before the days of royals and flying kites. ...
The second division of a mast above the deck. (See mast.) ...
A spar abaft the fore and main mast, for hoisting the trysail. ...
See before the mast. ...
The station of the working seamen, as distinguishing them from the officers. ...
From "before the mast." A private seaman as distinguished from an officer of a ship. ...
See topgallant-mast, to which may be added its proper sail, yard, and studding-sail. ...
The smaller hand mast-spars. ...
A round mast; those from Riga are commonly over 70 feet long by 20 inches diameter. ...
That above the main topgallant-mast. ...
The men stationed aloft to keep a look-out. ...
See pendant. ...
Rear-admirals carry their flag at their mizen. ...
When a top-mast is sprung in or near the cap, the lower piece is cut off, and a new fid-hole cut, by...
When the flood-tide is backed by a wind, so that the ebb is retarded, causing an overflow. ...
mast; i.e. a mast for the day or occasion. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
The faces or projecting parts on each side of the masts, formed to sustain the trestle-trees upon wh...
A kind of wreath or strap formed of plaited cordage, to be fastened occasionally round the lower yar...
, or mast-head. The upper part of any mast, or that whereon the caps or trucks are fitted. ...
The lower end, which either fits into the step attached to the keel, or in top-masts is sustained by...
or pay a yard, to To anoint it with tar, turpentine, rosin, tallow, or varnish; tallow is particul...
To bend, cripple, or strain it out of its natural position by setting the shrouds up too taut. The p...
That part of a mast which is below deck to the step in the kelson; of a bowsprit, the portion within...
Said of one who does not readily catch an order given. Thus at sea the main-mast is synonymous with ...