See bomb-vessel.
·noun A chamber lamp or light. II. Mortar ·vt To plaster or make fast with mortar. III. Mortar ·no...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
(Heb. homer), cement of lime and sand (Gen. 11:3; Ex. 1:14); also potter's clay (Isa. 41:25; Nah. 3:...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A short piece of ordnance used for throwing shells, so that they may fall nearly vertical; they thus...
The Sailor's Word-Book
(Genesis 11:3; Exodus 1:14; Leviticus 14:42,45; Isaiah 41:25; Ezekiel 13:10,11,14,15; 22:28; Nehemia...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·vt To put into a vessel. II. Vessel ·noun Any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are...
A general name for all the different sorts of ships, boats, &c., navigated on the ocean or on rivers...
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An efficient apparatus for throwing a shell with a line and chain attached to it, over a stranded ve...
See bomb-beds, &c. ...
A brass one of 5-1/2 inches diameter of bore, and 150 lbs. weight, throwing a 24-pounder shell up to...
·- A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds,...
·- Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein. ...
·add. ·- A double-walled glass vessel for holding liquid air, ·etc., having the space between the wa...
·add. ·- A vessel fitted with tanks for the carrying of oil or other liquid in bulk. ...
See iron-clad ...
A ship used as a floating magazine. ...
See trader. ...
See fraze. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
See under voluntary stranding. Also, the act of running a vessel up on the beach for various purpose...
A search performed by the jerquer of the customs, after a vessel is unloaded, to see that no unenter...
The solid frame on which a mortar is mounted for firing. For sea-service it is generally made of woo...
Deserting and abandoning her by reason of unseaworthiness or danger of remaining in her, also when g...
: on just ground, as supposed war, suspicious papers, undue number of men, found hovering, or cargo ...
To pass within hail of her for that purpose. ...
To pass over, into, or foul her by running against her end-on, so as to jeopardize her. ...
A strong compartment in the middle of the hold, open to the deck, but lined with lead on every side,...
Applies to very keen seamanship, by which the vessel, from a close study of her capabilities, steals...