Square timbers extending along the floors, by the main keelson, leaving sufficient space on each side for the limbers. (See side-keelsons.)
·vt To be sister to; to resemble closely. II. Sister ·noun One of the same kind, or of the same con...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
These are fitted inside of the bilge, to afford strength where iron, ores, and other heavy cargo are...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A name for sister-keelsons. First used in mortar-vessels to support the bomb-beds; later they have c...
·noun A sister by one parent only. ...
or cistern block A turned cylindrical block having two sheave-holes, one above the other. It fits ...
·noun The sister of one's husband or wife; also, the wife of one's brother; sometimes, the wife of o...
She and her sister Martha appear in (Luke 10:40) as receiving Christ in their house. Mary sat listen...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary