rudder-case

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• Case

  ·vi To propose hypothetical cases. II. Case ·noun Chance; accident; hap; opportunity. III. Case ·v...

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• case

  A house; perhaps from the Italian CASA. In the canting lingo it meant store or ware house, as well a...

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• case

  The outside planking of the ship. ...

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• Rudder

  ·noun A riddle or sieve. II. Rudder ·noun Fig.: That which resembles a rudder as a guide or governo...

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• rudder

  The appendage attached by pintles and braces to the stern-post of a vessel, by which its course thro...

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• Case knife

  ·- A knife carried in a sheath or case. II. Case knife ·- A large table knife; — so called from be...

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• Case shot

  ·- A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister. ...

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• Case system

  ·add. ·- The system of teaching law in which the instruction is primarily a historical and inductive...

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• Case-bay

  ·noun The space between two principals or girders. II. Case-bay ·noun One of the joists framed betw...

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• Fly-case

  ·noun The covering of an insect, ·esp. the elytra of beetles. ...

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• Lower-case

  ·adj Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case; — used to denote the small letters, in distinction ...

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• case vrow

  A prostitute attached to a particular bawdy house. ...

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• soul case

  The body. He made a hole in his soul case; he wounded him. ...

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• smear-case

  (Dutch, Smeer-kaas.) A preparation of milk made to be spread on bread, whence its name; otherwise ca...

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• case-book

  A register or journal in which the surgeon records the cases of all the sick and wounded, who are pl...

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• Rudder bands

  Ancient ships had two great broad-bladed oars for rudders. These, when not in use, were lifted out o...

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• jury-rudder

  A contrivance, of which there are several kinds, for supplying a vessel with the means of steering w...

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• rudder braces

  The iron or composition hinges on which a rudder turns. ...

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• rudder bands or braces

  The iron or composition hinges on which a rudder turns. ...

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• rudder-chains

  Strong copper chains connected with the aft side of the rudder by a span clamp and shackles. They ar...

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• rudder-chalder

  The same as gudgeon (which see) and chalder. ...

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• rudder-chocks

  See chock. ...

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• rudder-coat

  A canvas coat affixed to the rudder, encasing the opening in the counter, to prevent the sea from ru...

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• rudder-gudgeon

  Those secured to a ship are termed braces; gudgeon is more applicable to boats or small vessels. ...

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• rudder-head

  The upper end of the rudder-stock. Also, the flat surface of the trunk, which in cabins and ward-roo...

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• rudder-horn

  A kind of iron crutch bolted to the back of the rudder, for attaching the rudder chains to in case o...

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• rudder-house

  Synonymous with wheel-house. ...

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• rudder-irons

  The pintles, gudgeons, and braces of the rudder are frequently so called, though they were usually o...

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• rudder-pendants

  (See rudder-chains.) Hempen pendants fastened to the rudder-chains, for steering in cases of acciden...

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• rudder-pintles

  The hooks attached to the rudder, which enter the braces, and hang it. ...

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• rudder-rake

  The aftermost part of the rudder. ...

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• rudder-stock

  The main piece of a rudder. ...

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• rudder-tackles

  Attached to the rudder-pendants. ...

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• rudder-trunk

  A casing of wood fitted or boxed firmly into a cavity in the vessel's counter, called the helm port,...

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• case-shot, common

  Called also canister-shot. Adapted for close quarters if the enemy be uncovered. It consists of a nu...

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• spherical case-shot

  See shrapnel shell. ...

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• hanging the rudder

  So as to allow the pintles to fall into their corresponding braces, constantly in boats, and frequen...

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• horns of the rudder

  See rudder-horn. ...

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• key of the rudder

  (See wood-locks of the rudder.) In machinery, applies to wedges, forelocks, &c. ...

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• sole of the rudder

  A piece of timber attached to its lower part to render it nearly level with the false keel. ...

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• straps of the rudder

  See pintles. ...

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• main-piece of the rudder

  The rudder-stock, or piece which is connected by the rudder-bands to the stern-post. ...

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• wood-locks of the rudder

  Pieces of timber sheathed with copper, in coppered ships, placed in the throating or scores of the s...

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