·- Native barium sulphate or barite, — so called because of its high specific gravity as compared with other non-metallic minerals.
·vt To make heavy. II. Heavy ·adj Having the heaves. III. Heavy ·superl With child; pregnant. IV....
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·vt The bar of a gate or door. II. Spar ·noun A contest at sparring or boxing. III. Spar ·noun A m...
to bolt, bar, pin, or shut a door ; ab A. S. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
The general term for any mast, yard, boom, gaff, &c. In ship-building, the name is applied to small ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·adj Wearing heavy or complete armor; carrying heavy arms. ...
·adj Clumsy; awkward. ...
·adj Dull; stupid. ...
·adj Having the top or upper part too heavy for the lower part. ...
Drunk. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A strong wind, in which a ship is reduced to storm-staysails and close-reefed main-topsail. Force 10...
See heavy metal ...
, or heavy ordnance. Ordnance of large calibre. ...
High and strong waves. ...
·- A common name of dolomite; — so called because it contains magnesia, the soluble salts of which ...
·noun ·same·as <<Calcite>>. ...
·- A massive variety of fluor spar, found in Derbyshire, England, and wrought into vases and other o...
·- ·see <<Fluorite>>. ...
·- A transparent variety of calcite, the best of which is obtained in Iceland. It is used for the pr...
·- A variety of dolomite. ...
·noun A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; — called also slate spar. ...
·adj Hung with spar, as a cave. ...
[a corruption of boom]. A spar of a larger kind. ...
A hand-mast pole, fit for making small masts or yards, booms, &c. ...
This term is loosely applied, though properly it signifies a temporary deck laid in any part of a ve...
Dense ice, which has a great depth in the water in proportion to its size, and is not in a state of ...
A round mast; those from Riga are commonly over 70 feet long by 20 inches diameter. ...