storm-trysail

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• Trysail

  ·noun A fore-and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lower mast or on a small mast, called th...

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• trysail

  A reduced sail used by small craft in lieu of their main-sail during a storm. Also, a fore-and-aft s...

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• Storm

  ·vi To raise a tempest. II. Storm ·noun A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous ...

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• storm

  A violent wind; a tempest. Thus, 'a storm of wind' is correct language as the proper sense of the wo...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• trysail-mast

  A spar abaft the fore and main mast, for hoisting the trysail. ...

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• Storm-beat

  ·adj Beaten, injured, or impaired by storms. ...

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• snow-storm

  a continued snow so long as it lies on the ground. North. ...

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• gowk-storm

  Late vernal equinoctial gales contemporary with the gowk or cuckoo. ...

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• magnetic storm

  An extraordinary magnetic action indicated by delicate magnetometers in a magnetic observatory, not ...

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• storm, to

  To take by vigorous assault, in spite of the resistance of the defenders. ...

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• storm-breeders

  Heavy cumulo-stratus clouds. ...

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• storm-drum

  A canvas cylinder 3 feet in length, expanded at each end by a strong wooden hoop 3 feet in diameter....

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• storm-finch

  The petrel, or Mother Cary's chicken. ...

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• storm-jib

  In cutters, the fifth or sixth size: the inner jib of square-rigged ships. ...

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• storm-kite

  A contrivance for sending a hawser from a stranded vessel to the shore. ...

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• storm-sail

  A sail made of stout No. 1 canvas, of reduced dimensions, for use in a gale. ...

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• storm-signal

  The hoisting of a danger-flag. Also, Fitzroy's drum and cone, which show the direction of the expect...

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• storm-warning

  See forecast. ...

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• storm-wave

  A wave which tumbles home without being accompanied by wind. Sometimes the result of a gale elsewher...

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• any port in a storm

  signifies contentment with whatever may betide. ...

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