Are rather smaller than the stays, and are placed above them, being intended as substitutes should the main one be shot away.
·vi A race; lineage. II. Spring ·vi A youth; a springal. III. Spring ·vi Elastic power or force. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
(Heb. ain, "the bright open source, the eye of the landscape"). To be carefully distinguished from "...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A crack running obliquely through any part of a mast or yard, which renders it unsafe to carry the u...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The ropes or chains by which the smoke-funnel is secured in a steam-ship. ...
Ropes, battens, or iron bars placed on a yard or spar and set taut, either for bending the head of a...
To fail in going about from one tack to another; when, after a ship gets her head to the wind, she c...
·add. ·- A variety of steel, elastic, strong, and tough, rolled for springs, ·etc. ...
The source of continuous motion in a time-keeper. Also, that part of a musket-lock which is sunk int...
In a steamer, a fore-and-aft beam for connecting the two paddle-beams, and supporting the outer end ...
One jagged or split at the point, thereby forming springs to prevent its drawing. ...
A steel-pronged tool to search for defects in the bore of a gun. ...
The periodical excess of the elevation and depression of the tide, which occurs when both the sun an...
The order to keep the sails full to preserve the velocity, assisting the action of the rudder in tac...
The act of tacking, when, the wind being ahead, great pressure is thrown upon the stays. ...
The position of a ship in the act of going about. ...
Slow in going about. Also applied to a lazy man. ...
Repair to your posts to tack ship. ...
Newgate, or any other gaol: IRISH. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A necessary precaution to give the sails full force, in aid of the rudder when going about. ...
See spring. ...