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torpedo
torpēdo, ĭnis, f. [torpeo], stiffness, numbness, inflexibility, sluggishness, torpidity. I Lit. (ra...

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torpedo
torpēdō inis, f torpeo, sluggishness, numbness , S., Ta.— The torpedo, cramp-fish, electric ray . ...

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Torpedo
·add. ·noun An automobile with a torpedo body. II. Torpedo ·vt to destroy by, or subject to the act...

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torpedo
n. a fish, well known elsewhere, andalso called elsewhere, the Numb-fish and Crampfish. For the Aus...

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torpedo
A cartilaginous fish allied to the rays, furnished with electrical organs, by means of which it is a...

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Boom
·vi To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon. II. Boom ·noun A pole with a conspicuous top, se...

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boom
A long spar run out from different places in the ship, to extend or boom out the foot of a particula...

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Torpedo body
·add. ·- An automobile body which is built so that the side surfaces are flush. ...

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Torpedo catcher
·add. ·- A small fast vessel for pursuing and destroying torpedo boats. ...

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Torpedo shell
·add. ·- A shell longer than a deck-piercing shell, with thinner walls and a larger cavity for the b...

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Torpedo station
·add. ·- A headquarters for torpedo vessels and their supplies, usually having facilities for repair...

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Torpedo stern
·add. ·- A broad stern without overhang, flattened on the bottom, used in some torpedo and fast powe...

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Torpedo tube
·add. ·- A tube fixed below or near the water line through which a torpedo is fired, usually by a sm...

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Whitehead torpedo
·add. ·noun ·Alt. of <<Whitehead>>. ...

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Gib boom
·- ·see Jib boom. ...

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boom along
To move rapidly. A sea term. A ship is said to boom along when under full sail. You're right in the...

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bentinck-boom
That which stretches the foot of the fore-sail in many small square-rigged merchantmen; particularly...

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boom-boats
Those stowed on the booms. ...

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boom-cover
The tarpaulin, or painted, cover over the spars. ...

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boom-irons
Are metal rings fitted on the yard-arms, through which the studding-sail booms traverse; there is on...

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boom-jigger
A tackle used in large ships, for rigging out or running in the top-mast studding-sail booms. ...

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boom-mainsail
See main-sail. ...

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driver-boom
The boom to which the driver is hauled out. ...

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jib-boom
A continuation of the bowsprit forward, being a spar run out from the extremity in a similar manner ...

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main-boom
The spar which stretches the foot of the boom-mainsail in a fore-and-aft rigged vessel. ...

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swinging-boom
The spar which stretches the foot of a lower studding-sail; in large ships they have goose-necks in ...

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Torpedo-boat destroyer
·add. ·- A larger, swifter, and more powerful armed type of torpedo boat, originally intended princi...

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boom-brace pendant
A rope attached to the extremity of a studding-sail boom, and leading down on deck; it is used to co...

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flying jib-boom
A spar which is pointed through the iron at the jib-boom end. It lies beside it, and the heel steps ...

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guest-warp boom
A swinging spar (lower studding-boom) rigged from the ship's side with a warp for boats to ride by. ...

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square-sail boom
A boom hooked on to an eye-bolt in the fore-part of the fore-mast of a fore-and-aft vessel, to boom ...

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studding-sail boom
A spar rigged out for the purpose of setting a studding-sail, and taking its name from the sail it b...

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top your boom
See boom. ...

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top a boom, to
To raise up one end of it by hoisting on the lift, as the spanker-boom is lifted before setting the ...

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