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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
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(abbreviation) participle
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·adv Partly; in a measure.
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·noun Place to stand in; station; stand.
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·noun A snare; a trap.
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III. Hook ·vt To <<Steal>>.
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1) Heb. hah, a "ring" inserted in the nostrils of animals to which a cord was fastened for the purpo...
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hook
(Dutch, hock, a corner.) This name is given in New York to several angular points in the North and E...
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hook
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Hooks
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feeding-part of a tackle
That running through the sheaves, in opposition to the standing part.
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fore-part of a ship
The bay, or all before the fore-hatches.
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running part of a tackle
Synonymous with the fall, or that part on which the man power is applied to produce the intended eff...
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supernatant part of a ship
That part which, when afloat, is above the water. This was formerly expressed by the name dead-work....
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·noun ·Alt. of <<Forepart>>.
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after-part
The locality towards the stern, from dead-flat; as, in the after-part of the fore-hold.
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aliquot part
That which will exactly divide a number, leaving no remainder.
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leading-part
The rope of a tackle which runs between the fall and the standing part. Generally confused with the ...
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part, to
To break a rope. To part from an anchor is in consequence of the cable parting.
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part owners
Unlike any other partnership, they may be imposed upon each other without mutual consent, whence ari...
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Water-standing
·adj Tear-filled.
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all-standing
Without preparation, suddenly.
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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 bowsprit
One that is fixed permanently in its place, not the running-in bowsprit of a cutter.
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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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hook of the decks
See breast-hooks.
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a, prep.=ab, v. ab.
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Can hook
·- A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by...
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Cant hook
·- A wooden lever with a movable iron hook. hear the end;
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Hook-billed
·adj Having a strongly curved bill.
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Hook-nosed
·adj Having a hooked or aquiline nose.
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Kranging hook
·- A hook for holding the blubber while cutting it away.
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V hook
·- A gab at the end of an eccentric rod, with long jaws, shaped like the letter V.
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Flesh-hook
A many-pronged fork used in the sacrificial services (1 Sam. 2:13, 14; Ex. 27:3; 38:3) by the priest...
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cant-hook
A wooden lever, with an iron hook at one end, with which heavy articles of merchandise or timber are...
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bank-hook
A large fish-hook laid baited in running water, attached by a line to the bank.
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bid-hook
A small kind of boat-hook.
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bill-hook
A species of hatchet used in wooding a ship, similar to that used by hedgers.
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boat-hook
An iron hook with a straight prong at its hinder part; it is fixed upon a pole, by the help of which...
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cant-hook
A lever with a hook at one end for heavy articles.
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cat-hook
A strong hook which is a continuation of the iron strop of the cat-block, used to hook the ring of t...
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chain-hook
An iron rod with a handling-eye at one end, and a hook at the other, for hauling the chain-cables ab...
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clasp-hook
An iron clasp, in two parts, moving upon the same pivot, and overlapping one another. Used for bendi...
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clove-hook
Synonymous with clasp-hook.
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deck-hook
The compass timber bolted horizontally athwart a ship's bow, connecting the stem, timbers, and deck-...
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gaff-hook
In fishing, a strong iron hook set on a handle, supplementing the powers of the line and fish-hook w...
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gorge-hook
Two hooks separated by a piece of lead, for the taking of pike or other voracious fish.
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hawse-hook
A compass breast timber which crosses the hawse-timber above the ends of the upper-deck planking, an...
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hook-block
Any block, of iron or wood, strapped with a hook.
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hook-bolts
Those used to secure lower-deck ports.
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hook-pots
Tin cans fitted to hang on the bars of the galley range.
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hook-ropes
A rope 6 or 8 fathoms long, with a hook and thimble spliced at one end, and whipped at the other: it...
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hook-scarph
In ship-carpentry, the joining of two pieces of wood by a strong method of hook-butting, which mode ...
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keel hook
Means any anchor; as, "she has come to a keelock."
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pump-hook
An iron rod with an eye and a hook, used for drawing out the lower pump-box when requisite.
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rave-hook
In ship carpentry, a hooked iron tool used when enlarging the butts for receiving a sufficient quant...
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sail-hook
A small hook used for holding the seams of a sail while in the act of sewing.
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towing-hook
See towing-bridle.
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wad-hook
An iron tool shaped like a double cork-screw on the end of a long staff, for withdrawing wads or cha...
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A. F. of L.
·add. ·- American Federation of Labor.
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birds of a feather
Rogues of the same gang.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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son of a gun
This phrase is heard in low language with us as in England.
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boll of a tree
the stem, trunk, or body. N.
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newst of a newstness
i. e. much of a muchness. Glouc.
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abandonment of a vessel
Deserting and abandoning her by reason of unseaworthiness or danger of remaining in her, also when g...
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antecedent of a ratio
The first of the two terms.
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back, of a ship
The keel and kelson are figuratively thus termed.
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bar of a harbour
See bar of a port
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bar of a port
or bar of a harbour
An accumulated shoal or bank of sand, shingle, gravel, or other uliginous subs...
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barrel of a capstan
The cylinder between the whelps and the paul rim, constituting the main-piece.
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barrel of a pump
The wooden tube which forms the body of the engine.
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bed of a mortar
The solid frame on which a mortar is mounted for firing. For sea-service it is generally made of woo...
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body, of a place
In fortification, the space inclosed by the enceinte, or line of bastions and curtains.
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breaking of a gale
Indications of a return of fine weather; short gusts at intervals; moaning or whistling of the wind ...
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breech of a cannon
The after-end, next the vent or touch-hole. It is the most massive part of a gun; strictly speaking,...
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broth of a boy
An excellent, though roystering fellow.
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bulk of a ship
Implies the whole cargo when stowed in the hold.
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bunt of a sail
The middle part of it, formed designedly into a bag or cavity, that the sail may gather more wind. I...
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capital of a work
In fortification, an imaginary line bisecting its most prominent salient angle.
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carcass of a ship
The ribs, with keel, stem, and stern-post, after the planks are stripped off.
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carriage of a gun
The frame on which it is mounted for firing, constructed either exclusively for this purpose, or als...
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caulking of a ship
Forcing a quantity of oakum, or old ropes untwisted and drawn asunder, into the seams of the planks,...
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chamber of a mine
The seat or receptacle prepared for the powder-charge, usually at the end of the gallery, and out of...
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chase of a gun
That part of the conical external surface extending from the moulding in front of the trunnions to t...
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clue of a hammock
The combination of small lines by which it is suspended, being formed of knittles, grommets, and lan...
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cogs of a wheel
; applies to all wheel machinery now used at sea or on shore: thus windlass-cogs, capstan-cogs, &c.
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coom of a wave
The comb or crest. The white summit when it breaks.
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crater of a mine
Synonymous with funnel (which see).
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depth of a sail
The extent of the square sails from the head-rope to the foot-rope, or the length of the after-leech...
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detention of a vessel
: on just ground, as supposed war, suspicious papers, undue number of men, found hovering, or cargo ...
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ears of a boat
The knee-pieces at the fore-part on the outside at the height of the gunwale.
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ears of a pump
The support of the bolt for the handle or break.
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end of a trench
The place where the trenches are opened.
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eye of a stay
That part of a stay which is formed into a sort of collar to go round the mast-head; the eye and mou...
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eyes of a messenger
Eyes spliced in its ends to lash together.
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eyes of a ship
(See eyes of her.)
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face of a gun
The surface of the metal at the extremity of the muzzle.
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faces of a work
In fortification, are the two lines forming its most prominent salient angle.
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fetch of a gulf
The whole stretch from head to head, or point to point.
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fetch of a bay or gulf
The whole stretch from head to head, or point to point.
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flight of a shot
The trajectory formed between the muzzle of the gun and the first graze.
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fly of a flag
The breadth from the staff to the extreme end that flutters loose in the wind. If an ensign, the par...
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freight of a ship
The hire, or part thereof, usually paid for the carriage and conveyance of goods by sea; or the sum ...
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gallery of a mine
The passage of horizontal communication, as distinguished from the shaft or vertical descent, made u...
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handles of a gun
The dolphins.
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head of a comet
The brighter part of a comet, from which the tail proceeds.
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head of a mast
, or mast-head.
The upper part of any mast, or that whereon the caps or trucks are fitted.
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head of a work
In fortification, the part most advanced towards the enemy. In progressive works, such as siege-appr...
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heel of a mast
The lower end, which either fits into the step attached to the keel, or in top-masts is sustained by...
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hood of a pump
A frame covering the upper wheel of a chain-pump.
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hullock of a sail
A small part lowered in a gale.
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jaw of a block
The space in the shell where the sheave revolves.
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lay of a rope
The direction in which its strands are twisted; hawser is right-handed; cablet left-handed.
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loading of a ship
See cargo and lading.
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mate of a watch
The senior or passed midshipman is responsible to the officer of the watch. He heaves the log, inser...
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mouldings of a gun
The several rings and ornaments.
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neck of a gun
The narrow part where the chase meets the swell of the muzzle.
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nucleus of a comet
The condensed or star-like part of the head.
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profile of a fort
See orthographic projection.
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range of a gun
The horizontal distance which it will send a shot, at a stated elevation, to the point of its first ...
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refusal of a pile
Its stoppage or obstruction, when it cannot be driven further in.
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ribs of a parrel
An old species of parrel having alternate ribs and bull's-eyes; the ribs were pieces of wood, each a...
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rig of a ship
The disposition of the masts, cut of sails, &c., whether square or fore-and-aft rigs. In fact, the r...
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score of a block, or of a dead eye
The groove round which the rope passes.
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shaft of a mine
The narrow perpendicular pit by which the gallery is entered, and from which the branches of the min...
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shell of a block
The outer frame or case wherein the sheave or wheel is contained and traverses about its axis.
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shoulder of a bastion
The part of it adjacent to the junction of a face with a flank. The angle of the shoulder is that fo...
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sill of a dock
The timber at the base against which the gates shut; and the depth of water which will float a vesse...
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skeleton of a regiment
Its principal officers and staff.
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skin of a sail
The outside part when a sail is furled. To furl in a clean skin, is the habit of a good seaman.
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son of a gun
An epithet conveying contempt in a slight degree, and originally applied to boys born afloat, when w...
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tail of a gale
The latter part of a gale, when its violence is dying out.
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tongue of a bevel
The movable part of the instrument by which the angles or bevellings are taken.
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track of a ship
The line of a ship's course through the water. (See wake.)
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tread of a keel
The length of her keel.
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tread of a ship or keel
The length of her keel.
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trees of a ship
The chess-trees, the cross-trees, the rough-trees, the trestle-trees, and the waste-trees.
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captain of a ship of war
Is the commanding officer; as well the post-captain (a title now disused) as those whose proper titl...
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chamber of a piece of ordnance
The end of the bore modified to receive the charge of powder. In mortars, howitzers, and shell-guns,...
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gunner, of a ship of war
A warrant-officer appointed to take charge of the ammunition and artillery on board; to keep the lat...
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master of a ship-of-war
An officer appointed by the commissioners of the navy to attend to the navigating a ship under the d...
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muzzle of a piece of ordnance
The forward extremity of the cylinder, and the metal which surrounds it, extending back to the neck,...
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(abbreviation) Old French
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II. Of ·prep Denoting passage from one state to another; from.
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(1788-1841)
Dramatist and novelist, s. of James H., music-hall composer, was b. in London, and ed. ...
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foot-hook-shrouds
See futtock-shrouds
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hanging hook-pots
Tin utensils fitted for hanging to the bars before the galley-grate.
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hook and butt
The scarphing or laying two ends of planks over each other. (See butt-and-butt and hook-scarph.)
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Skull, The place of a
See Golgotha.
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apparent place of a star
This is the position for any day which it seems to occupy in the heavens, as affected with aberratio...
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arms of a great gun
The trunnions.
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astronomical place of a star or planet
Its longitude or place in the ecliptic, reckoned from the first point of Aries, according to the nat...
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captain of a merchant ship
Is a certificated officer in the mercantile marine, intrusted with the entire charge of a ship, both...
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cranks of a marine engine
; eccentric, as in a turning-lathe. The bend or knee pinned on the shafts, by which they are moved r...
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eye of a block-strop
That part by which it is fastened or suspended to any particular place upon the sails, masts, or rig...
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foot-clue of a hammock
See hammock.
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fore-sheets of a boat
The inner part of the bows, opposite to stern-sheets, fitted with gratings on which the bowman stand...
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goose-wings of a sail
The situation of a course when the buntlines and lee-clue are hauled up, and the weather-clue down. ...
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hammer, of a gun-lock
Formerly the steel covering of the pan from which the flint of the cock struck sparks on to the prim...
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head-clue of a hammock
Where the head rests. (See hammock.)
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housing of a lower mast
That part of a mast which is below deck to the step in the kelson; of a bowsprit, the portion within...
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incompetency, or insufficiency, of a merchantman's crew
A bar to any claim on warrantry; as it is an implied condition in the sea-worthiness of a ship, that...
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insufficiency of a merchantman's crew
This bars the owner's claim on the sea-worthy warrant. (See incompetency of a merchantman's crew.)
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latitude of a celestial object
An arc of a circle of longitude between the centre of that object and the ecliptic, and is north or ...
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longitude of a celestial body
An arc of the ecliptic, contained between the first point of Aries and a circle of longitude passing...
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loops of a gun-carriage
The iron eye-bolts to which the tackles are hooked.
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mate of a merchant-ship
The officer who commands in the absence of the master, and shares the duty with him at sea. (See chi...
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mean place of a star
Its position at a given time, independent of aberration and nutation.
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normal level of a barometer
A term reckoned synonymous with par-line (which see).
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notch-sight of a gun
A sight having a V-shaped notch, wherein the eye easily finds the lowest or central point.
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score of a dead eye
The groove round which the rope passes.
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sole of a gun-port
The lower part of it, more properly called port-sill.
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spoliation of a ship's papers
An act which, by the maritime law of every court in Europe, not only excludes further proof, but doe...
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stroke-side of a boat
That in which the after starboard rowlock is placed, or where the after oar is rowed if single-banke...
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transom of a gun-carriage
A cross piece of timber uniting the cheeks; generally between the trunnion-holes and the fore axle-t...
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vent-field of a gun
The raised tablet in the metal near the breech in which the vent is bored.
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trunk of a fishing-vessel
A strong compartment in the middle of the hold, open to the deck, but lined with lead on every side,...
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well, or trunk of a fishing-vessel
A strong compartment in the middle of the hold, open to the deck, but lined with lead on every side,...
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well-room of a boat
The place in the bottom where the water lies, between the ceiling and the platform of the stern-shee...
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A cappella
·- A time indication, equivalent to alla breve.
II. A cappella ·- In church or chapel style;
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