Small boats or wherries plying for hire at sea-ports.
·- imp. of Shear. II. Shore ·vt To set on shore. III. Shore ·- of <<Shear>>. IV. Shore ·noun A <<...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
to prop up any thing. North. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
A prop fixed under a ship's sides or bottom, to support her when laid aground or on the stocks. Shor...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A steep coast where the water, deepening rapidly, admits the near approach of shipping without the d...
A supporting spar between the cap and the trestle-tree. ...
See ebber ...
A ship is said to be on a lee-shore, when she is near it, with the wind blowing right on to it. ...
That which lies between the shore and the ship when moored. ...
Heavy cleats bolted on to the sides of vessels to support the shore-head, and sustain the ship uprig...
A hawser carried out to secure a vessel to a quay, mole, or anchor buried on shore. ...
The same as fringing reef. ...
A low level shore. ...
The shore which lies to windward of a ship. ...
Vessels of the Western Isles of Scotland, carrying ten or twelve men. They are extremely sharp fore ...
The men appointed as the crew of any particular boat, as the barge's crew, cutter's crew, &c. ...
Lashings for the secure stowage of boats. (See gripes.) ...
Those stowed on the booms. ...
Those which fished under the encouragement of a bounty from government. ...
See death ...
Vessels or wherries duly licensed for conveying passengers across a river or creek. ...
A local term for boats employed in carrying passengers to and fro from steamers which cannot get alo...
The order to hoist the boats in-board. ...
See masulah boats ...
Madras boats, of which the planks are sewed together with coir yarn, crossing the stitches over a wa...
The order to hoist out the boats. ...
A peculiar Ceylon boat, for the conveyance of rice and other necessaries. ...
Wherries, and the like, which ply in harbours and rivers for the conveyance of passengers. ...
Contraband traders on the coast of China; opium boats. ...
Are built with great flatness of floor, with extreme breadth, carried well forward and aft, and poss...
The order to hoist the boats to the stern and quarter davits. ...
Those which blow from the offing, and render bays uncomfortable and insecure. ...
To support or raise a thing by putting a spar or prop under it, as a ship is shored up in dock. ...
The seats in the after-part whereon the passengers sit; properly stern-sheets, the others are athwar...
Boats made to fit the paddle-box rim, stowed bottom upwards on each box. ...
A narrow strake of board fastened withinside to support the thwarts. ...
The sea breaking along the coast. ...
To sail directly for the land. ...