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ou board an enemy to capture her, and a stranger to receive news or make a communication. Totten.

One who boards a ship; one selected to board an enemy's ship. Totten.

t.), a pike used by sailors in boarding a vessel, or in repelling an attempt to board it. Totten. -- Boarding school, a school in which pupils receive board and lodging as well as instruction.

The tropic bird. Boatswain's mate, an assistant of the boatswain. Totten.

lly as united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation; as, a legislative body; a clerical body. A numerous body led unresistingly to the slaughter. Prescott.

a ship between the foremast and mainmast, where the boats, spare spars, etc., are stowed. Totten.

A factotum. [R.] He is his master's both-hands, I assure you. B. Jonson.

he bow oar. Bow chaser (Naut.), a gun in the bow for firing while chasing another vessel. Totten. - Bow piece, a piece of ordnance carried at the bow of a ship. -- On the bow (Naut.), on that part of the horizon within 45º on either side of the line ahead. Totten.

d from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind). Totten.

t, the cross chains, and the curb. -- Branch herring. See Alewife. -- Root and branch , totally, wholly.

To shake; to totter. [Obs.]

A small water cask. Totten.

ed across the stem of a ship to strengthen the fore part and unite the bows on each side. Totten.

Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; -- said of a ship. Totten.

cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard. Totten.

e footrope of a sail, used to haul up to the yard the body of the sail when taking it in. Totten.

imia. -- Canine letter, the letter r. See R. -- Canine madness, hydrophobia. -- Canine toth, a toth situated between the incisor and bicuspid teeth, so called because well developen in dogs; usually, the third tooth from the front on each side of each jaw; an eyetooth, or the corresponding tooth in the lower jaw.…

An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl. Totten.

opposing point. -- Carbon tissue, paper coated with gelatine and pigment, used in the autotype process of photography. Abney. -- Gas carbon, a compact variety of carbon obtained as an incrustation on the interior of gas retorts, and used for the manufacture of the carbon rods of pencils for the voltaic, arc, and for…

hawsers or other ropes. -- Carrick bitts (Naut.), the bitts which support the windlass. Totten.