Pieces of timber containing belaying pins, inside a ship. Also, pieces of oak placed round the hatchways to contain shot.
1) Lev. 11:35. Probably a cooking furnace for two or more pots, as the Hebrew word here is in the du...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
n. the usual word in Australia for «mountains.» Compare the use of « tiers» in Tasmania. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
·adj Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike process or appendage; as, horned catt...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·adj Having horns spreading widely. ...
·adj Having permanent horns with a bony core, as cattle. ...
·adj Having a long horn or horns; as, a long-horned goat, or cow; having long antennae, as certain b...
·adj Having the mandibles large and palmate, or branched somewhat like the antlers of a stag; — sai...
That which is made by a right line, whether tangent or secant, with the circumference of a circle. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book