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• Bowsprit

  ·noun A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail fo...

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• bowsprit

  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

• bowsprit

  , or bolt-sprit A large spar, ranking with a lower-mast, projecting over the stem; beyond it exten...

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• Standing

  ·noun Place to stand in; station; stand. II. Standing ·adj Not flowing; stagnant; as, standing wate...

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• bowsprit, running

  In cutter-rigged vessels. (See cutter.) ...

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• bowsprit-bitts

  Are strong upright timbers secured to the beams below the deck; they have a cross-piece bolted to th...

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• bowsprit-cap

  The crance or cap on the outer end of the bowsprit, through which the jib-boom traverses. ...

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• bowsprit-gear

  A term denoting the ropes, blocks, &c., belonging to the bowsprit. ...

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• bowsprit-heart

  The heart or block of wood used to secure the lower end of the fore-stay, through which the inner en...

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• bowsprit-horses

  The ridge-ropes which extend from the bowsprit-cap to the knight-heads. ...

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• bowsprit-ladder

  Skids over the bowsprit from the beak-head in some ships, to enable men to run out upon the bowsprit...

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• bowsprit-netting

  The netting placed just above a vessel's bowsprit, for stowing away the fore-topmast staysail; it is...

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• bowsprit-shrouds

  Strong ropes or chains leading from nearly the outer end of the bowsprit to the luff of the bow, giv...

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• running bowsprit

  One which is used in revenue cutters and smacks; it can be reefed by sliding in, and has fid holes f...

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• Water-standing

  ·adj Tear-filled. ...

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• all-standing

  Without preparation, suddenly. This, like many other common expressions, seems to be borrowed from ...

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• standing backstays

  The rigging proper. (See backstays.) ...

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• standing bevelling

  The alteration made obtuse or outside a square, in hewing timber, as opposed to acute, or under-beve...

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• standing-jib

  The jib, as distinguished from the other jibs. ...

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• standing-lifts

  Ropes from the mast-heads to the ends of the upper yards, to keep them square and steady when the sa...

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• standing orders

  Special regulations remaining constant for some particular branch of service. ...

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• standing pull

  One with the face towards the tackle, being about 2 feet each pull. ...

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• standing rigging

  That part which is made fast, and not hauled upon; being the shrouds, backstays, and stays for the s...

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• standing up

  A ship in good trim, and well attended to, is said to stand well up to her canvas. ...

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• standing warrants

  Those officers who remain with a ship in ordinary, or on the stocks, as the gunner, carpenter, boats...

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• standing water

  Water where there is no current or tide. ...

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• butt-slinging a bowsprit

  See slings. ...

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• screw-gammoning for the bowsprit

  A chain or plate fastened by a screw, to secure a vessel's bowsprit to the stem-head, allowing for t...

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• standing part of a hook

  That part which is attached to a block, chain, or anything which is to heave the hook up, with a wei...

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• standing part of a sheet

  That part which is secured to a ring at the ship's bow, quarter, side, &c. ...

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• standing part of a rope

  The part which is made fast to the mast, deck, or block, in contradistinction to that which is pulle...

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• standing part of a tackle or rope

  The part which is made fast to the mast, deck, or block, in contradistinction to that which is pulle...

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