A long building, on the floor of which the intended vessel is laid off from the several draughts in full dimensions.
·adj Lofty; proud. II. Loft ·noun A floor or room placed above another; a story. III. Loft ·noun T...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
a chamber. North. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
·vt To cover with mold or soil. II. Mould ·noun Cast; form; shape; character. III. Mould ·noun A <...
A pulpit, so called by orator Henley. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
An old term for the upper deck of a ship. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A long room or gallery in a dockyard, where rigging is fitted by stretching, serving, splicing, seiz...
A large apartment in dockyards where the sails are cut out and made. ...
the same ; from the Low Dutch, WORPEN, to cast forth, and MOLDE, earth. N. ...
A mould made to form the futtocks in the square body, assisted by the rising-square and floor-hollow...
An implement for casting bullets. ...
The converse of mould (which see). ...
The same as floor-hollow (which see). ...
Synonymous with ram-line (which see). ...