Pieces of carved work on each side of the taffrail upon the side stern-timber, and extending down as low as the foot-rail of the balcony.
·noun The <<Menses>>. II. Term ·noun A fixed period of time; a prescribed duration. III. Term ·nou...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
(1) of silver. In Ps. 68:30 denotes "fragments," and not properly money. In 1 Sam. 2:36 (Heb. agorah...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
·- Formerly, one of the four terms of the courts of common law in England, beginning on the eleventh...
·- A term used specifically by seamen; a nautical word or phrase. ...
·add. ·- A day which is a term (as for payment of rent), or is a day in a term, as of the sitting of...
·add. ·- Insurance for a specified term providing for no payment to the insured except upon losses d...
·add. ·- A policy of term insurance. ...
Those parts of a made mast which are under the hoops. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Synonymous with bilge-keels. ...
The ordnance in the bows; also in building. ...
Solid pieces fitted at the drifts, forming the scrolls on the drifts: they are commonly mitred into ...
The fashion of the after-part of a ship, in the plane of projection. They are the hindmost timbers i...
Light guns proper to be taken into field operations; one or more of them is now carried by all ships...
The timbers which compose the bow of a vessel, and their sides look fore and aft; it is a name given...
The parts of the keel which are of large timber. ...
Projections at the after-part of the quarter, forming the boundaries of the galleries. ...
Strakes of plank running internally in a line with the decks, for the purpose of receiving the ends ...
Parts of a made mast. ...
When the salt meat is cut up on board ship by the petty officers, the captain and lieutenants are pe...
See pointers. ...
See graving-pieces. ...
The fillings in between the frame compartments of the riders, in diagonal trussing. ...