One which is used in revenue cutters and smacks; it can be reefed by sliding in, and has fid holes for that purpose. (See sloop.)
In cutter-rigged vessels. (See cutter.) ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail fo...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The nose, from its being the most projecting part of the human face, as the bowsprit is of a ship. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
, or bolt-sprit A large spar, ranking with a lower-mast, projecting over the stem; beyond it exten...
·adj Moving or advancing by running. II. Running ·adj Discharging pus; as, a running sore. III. Ru...
Are strong upright timbers secured to the beams below the deck; they have a cross-piece bolted to th...
The crance or cap on the outer end of the bowsprit, through which the jib-boom traverses. ...
A term denoting the ropes, blocks, &c., belonging to the bowsprit. ...
The heart or block of wood used to secure the lower end of the fore-stay, through which the inner en...
The ridge-ropes which extend from the bowsprit-cap to the knight-heads. ...
Skids over the bowsprit from the beak-head in some ships, to enable men to run out upon the bowsprit...
The netting placed just above a vessel's bowsprit, for stowing away the fore-topmast staysail; it is...
Strong ropes or chains leading from nearly the outer end of the bowsprit to the luff of the bow, giv...
One that is fixed permanently in its place, not the running-in bowsprit of a cutter. ...
·adj Straight; direct. ...
·add. ·- The air pressure supported by each longitudinal foot segment of a wing. II. Running load ·...
A piece of game frequently practised at fairs, wakes, &c. A large pig, whose tail is cut short, and ...
or NAG A clap, or gleet. ...
Snatching goods off a counter, and throwing them to an accomplice, who brushes off with them. ...
Hawker of newspapers, trials, and dying speeches. ...
A rural sport practised at wakes and fairs in Derbyshire; a ram, whose tail is well soaped and greas...
n. a Tasmanian plant,i.q. Coral-Pea. See Kennedya. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
(See under-run.) Applied to ice, when the young ice overlaps, and is driven over. ...
In the case of foreign-going ships making voyages averaging less than six months in duration, runnin...
Those which are made fast to the running rigging or tackles. ...
A vessel, by accident or bad steerage, falling in contact with another under sail. (See athwart // h...
Landing a cargo of contraband articles. ...
(Leviticus 15:2,3; 22:4; Numbers 5:2; 2 Samuel 3:29) In (Leviticus 15:3) a distinction is introduced...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Is made by taking the end round the standing part, and making a bowline upon its own part. ...
A special admission into policies of marine insurance, to include the risk of loss or damage in cons...
See gant-lope (pronounced gantlet). ...
See slings. ...
A method practised in the ruder state of navigation, when the longitude was very doubtful, by sailin...
The old practice of morning and evening evolutions in a line-of-battle ship, wind and weather permit...
A chain or plate fastened by a screw, to secure a vessel's bowsprit to the stem-head, allowing for t...
Synonymous with the fall, or that part on which the man power is applied to produce the intended eff...