Abaft

  • 111Quartering — Quar ter*ing, a. 1. (Naut.) Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mach.) At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle… …

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  • 112ringsail — Ringtail Ring tail , n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom and gaff sail; called also {ringsail}. [1913… …

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  • 113Ringtail — Ring tail , n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom and gaff sail; called also {ringsail}. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 114Ringtail boom — Ringtail Ring tail , n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom and gaff sail; called also {ringsail}. [1913… …

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  • 115Snow — Snow, n. [LG. snaue, or D. snaauw, from LG. snau a snout, a beak.] (Naut.) A square rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 116Spar deck — Deck Deck, n. [D. dek. See {Deck}, v.] 1. The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. [1913 Webster] Note: The following are the more… …

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  • 117spencer — Trysail Try sail, n. (Naut.) A fore and aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lower mast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft a lower mast; used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also {spencer}. Totten. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 118Sponson — Spon son ( s[u^]n), n. (Shipbuilding) (a) One of the triangular platforms in front of, and abaft, the paddle boxes of a steamboat. (b) One of the slanting supports under the guards of a steamboat. (c) One of the armored projections fitted with… …

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  • 119The bodies seven — Body Bod y, n.; pl. {Bodies}. [OE. bodi, AS. bodig; akin to OHG. botah. [root]257. Cf. {Bodice}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the… …

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  • 120To be on her beam ends — Beam Beam (b[=e]m), n. [AS. be[ a]m beam, post, tree, ray of light; akin to OFries. b[=a]m tree, OS. b[=o]m, D. boom, OHG. boum, poum, G. baum, Icel. ba[eth]mr, Goth. bagms and Gr. fy^ma a growth, fy^nai to become, to be. Cf. L. radius staff, rod …

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