Unlike any other partnership, they may be imposed upon each other without mutual consent, whence arises a frequent appeal to both civil and common law. (See ship-owner.)
The proprietors of ships. They are bound to perform contracts made by their masters, who are legally...
The Sailor's Word-Book
(abbreviation) participle ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·adv Partly; in a measure. II. Part ·noun Quarter; region; district; — usually in the plural. III...
·noun ·Alt. of <<Forepart>>. ...
The locality towards the stern, from dead-flat; as, in the after-part of the fore-hold. ...
That which will exactly divide a number, leaving no remainder. ...
The rope of a tackle which runs between the fall and the standing part. Generally confused with the ...
To break a rope. To part from an anchor is in consequence of the cable parting. ...
That running through the sheaves, in opposition to the standing part. ...
The bay, or all before the fore-hatches. ...
Synonymous with the fall, or that part on which the man power is applied to produce the intended eff...
That part which is attached to a block, chain, or anything which is to heave the hook up, with a wei...
That part which is secured to a ring at the ship's bow, quarter, side, &c. ...
The part which is made fast to the mast, deck, or block, in contradistinction to that which is pulle...
That part which, when afloat, is above the water. This was formerly expressed by the name dead-work....