·- A rheumatic affection of the muscles of the breast and fore legs of a horse, affecting motion and respiration.
·vi To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship. II. Founder ·vi To <<Fail>>; to <<Miscarry>>....
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The fall of portions of cliff, as along the coasts of Hampshire and Dorsetshire, occasioned by land-...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·vi To place in a coffin. II. Chest ·noun A <<Coffin>>. III. Chest ·noun Strife; contention; contr...
(Heb. 'aron, generally rendered "ark"), the coffer into which the contributions for the repair of th...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
By this word are translated in the Authorized Version two distinct Hebrew terms: • Aron ; this is i...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
to fill with water and go down. ...
A portable locker on the upper deck or tops for holding arms, and affording a ready supply of cutlas...
The same with the guest or gift rope, and is added to the boat-rope when the boat is towed astern of...
A large chest containing the medical necessaries that may be required for 100 men during the cruize....
The reservoir for steam above the water of the boiler; sometimes termed steam-chamber. ...
A shoe-black's brush and wig, &c. Irish. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
An ancient institution, restored and established by an order in council of Queen Elizabeth, in 1590,...