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taut helm
, or taut weather-helm.
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weather-helm
A ship is said to carry a weather-helm when she is inclined to gripe, or come too near the wind, and...
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Taut
·adj Snug; close; firm; secure.
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taut
[from the Anglo-Saxon tought]. Tight.
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Helm
·noun ·see <<Haulm>>, straw.
II. Helm ·noun A <<Helve>>.
III. Helm ·noun A <<Helmet>>.
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helm
1) a hovel. N.
2) stubble gathered after the corn is housed ; also pease straw. S.
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helm
Properly is the tiller, but sometimes used to express the rudder, and the means used for turning it,...
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Weather
·noun Storm; tempest.
II. Weather ·noun A light rain; a shower.
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weather
[from the Anglo-Saxon wæder, the temperature of the air]. The state of the atmosphere with regard to...
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heaving taut
The act of turning the capstan, &c., till the rope applied thereto becomes straight and ready for ac...
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taut bowline
A ship sailing close-hauled is "on a taut bowline."
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taut hand
A strict disciplinarian.
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taut leech
A sail well set on a wind, and well filled.
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wind-taut
A vessel at anchor, heeling over to the force of the wind.
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helm-port
The round hole or cavity in a ship's counter, through which the head of the rudder passes into the t...
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helm-wind
A singular meteorological phenomenon which occurs in the north of England. Besides special places in...
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slack helm
If the ship is too much by the stern, she will carry her helm too much a-lee.
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small-helm
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Fair-weather
·adj Appearing only when times or circumstances are prosperous; as, a fair-weather friend.
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Weather map
·add. ·- A map or chart showing the principal meteorological elements at a given hour and over an ex...
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Weather signal
·add. ·- Any signal giving information about the weather. The system used by the United States Weath...
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Weather station
·add. ·- A station for taking meteorological observations, making weather forecasts, or disseminatin...
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Weather-beaten
·adj Beaten or harassed by the weather; worn by exposure to the weather, especially to severe weathe...
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Weather-bit
·noun A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the bits.
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Weather-bitten
·adj Eaten into, defaced, or worn, by exposure to the weather.
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Weather-board
·vt To nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order to exclude rain, snow, ·etc.
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Weather-bound
·adj Kept in port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad weather; as, a weather-bound vessel.
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Weather-driven
·adj Driven by winds or storms; forced by stress of weather.
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Weather-fend
·vt To defend from the weather; to <<Shelter>>.
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weather-breeder
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clittery weather
changeable weather, inclinable to be stormy. Hamp.
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cluttery weather
changeable weather, inclinable to be stormy. Hamp.
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leasty weather
dull, wet, dirty. Norf. and Suff.
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rawky weather
raw, cold. North.
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a-weather
The position of the helm when its tiller is moved to the windward side of the ship, in the direction...
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blowing weather
A nautical term for a continuance of strong gales. (See gale.)
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boldering weather
Cloudy and thundery.
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fair-weather
That to which a ship may carry the small sails.
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foul weather
That which reduces a ship to snug-sail.
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gage, weather
When one ship is to windward of another she is said to have the weather-gage of her; or if in the op...
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sprat weather
The dark days of November and December, so called from that being the most favourable season for cat...
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weather-anchor
That lying to windward, by which a ship rides when moored.
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weather-beam
A direction at right angles with the keel, on the weather side of the ship.
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weather-bitt
Is that which holds the weather-cable when the ship is moored.
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weather-board
That side of the ship which is to windward.
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weather-boards
Pieces of plank placed in the ports of a ship when laid up in ordinary; they are in an inclined posi...
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weather-borne
Pressed by wind and sea.
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weather-bound
Detained by foul winds; our forefathers used the term wæder fæst.
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weather-breeders
Certain appearances in the heavens which indicate a gale, as wind-galls, fog-dogs, &c.
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weather-cloths
Coverings of painted canvas or tarpaulin, used to preserve the hammocks when stowed, from injury by ...
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weather-coil
When a ship has her head brought about, so as to lie that way which her stern did before, as by the ...
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weather-coiling
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weather-eye
"Keep your weather-eye open," be on your guard; look out for squalls.
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weather-gage
A vessel has the weather-gage of another when she is to windward of her. Metaphorically, to get the ...
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weather-gall
"A weather-gall at morn,
Fine weather all gone."
(See wind-gall.)
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weather-glass
A familiar term for the barometer.
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weather-gleam
A peculiar clear sky near the horizon, with great refraction.
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weather-go
The end of a rainbow, as seen in the morning in showery weather.
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weather-head
The secondary rainbow.
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weather-lurch
A heavy roll to windward.
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weather-rolls
Those inclinations, so inviting to coming waves, which a ship makes to windward in a heavy sea; the ...
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weather-ropes
An early term for those which were tarred.
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weather-sheets
Those fast to the weather-clues of the sails.
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weather-shore
The shore which lies to windward of a ship.
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weather-side
That side of a ship on which the wind blows; it is the promenade for superior officers. (See also it...
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weather-tide
The reverse of lee-tide. That which, running contrary to the direction of the wind, by setting again...
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weather-warning
The telegraphic cautionary warning given by hoisting the storm-drum on receiving the forecast.
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weather-wheel
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winnold-weather
An eastern-county term for stormy March weather.
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helm and hawn
the handle of a spade, &c. Derb.
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answers her helm
When a ship obeys the rudder or steers.
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ease the helm!
An order often given in a vessel close-hauled, to put the helm down a few spokes in a head sea, with...
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helm-port transom
The piece of timber placed across the lower counter, withinside the height of the helm-port, and bol...
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right the helm!
The order to put it amidships, that is, in a line with the keel.
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shift the helm!
The order for an alteration of its position, by moving it towards the opposite side of the ship; tha...
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starboard the helm!
So place the helm that the rudder is brought on the port side of the stern-post. (See hard-a-starboa...
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foul-weather breeder
A name given to the Gulf Stream from such a volume of warm water occasioning great perturbations in ...
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foul-weather flag
Denotes danger for boats leaving the shore; watermen's fares increase with these signals.
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hard-a-weather!
The order so to place the tiller as to bring the rudder on the lee-side of the stern-post, whichever...
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Helm on ye Hoope
Tenement of Thomas de Lillyngston so called in parish of St. Peter de Cornhull, 1361 (Ct. H.W. II. 3...
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down with the helm!
An order to put the helm a-lee.
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feel the helm, to
To have good steerage way, carrying taut weather-helm, which gives command of steerage. Also said of...
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up with the helm
Put it a-weather; that is, over to the windward side, or (whichever way the tiller is shipped) so as...
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make bad weather, to
A ship rolling, pitching, or leaking violently in a gale.
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weather one's difficulties, to
A colloquial phrase meaning to contend with and surmount troubles.
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weather the cape, to
To become experienced; as it implies sailing round Cape Horn, or the Cape of Good Hope.
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walk the weather gangway netting
A night punishment in a man-of-war for those of the watch who have missed their muster.
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