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of the booms, from the quarter-deck to the forecastle; -- more properly termed the waist. Totten. Gangway ladder, a ladder rigged on the side of a vessel at the gangway. -- To bring to the gangway, to punish (a seaman) by flogging him at the gangway.

ake or streak, the first range or strake of planks laid on a ship's bottom next the keel. Totten.

a house which is on the upper floor, immediately under or within the roof; an attic. The tottering garrets which overhung the streets of Rome. Macaulay.

The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water. Totten.

The whole; the total; that which comprehends or relates to all, or the chief part; -- opposed to particular. In particulars our knowledge begins, and so spreads itself by degrees to generals. Locke.

among American aborigines. It includes those who have a common descent, and bear the same totem.

Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight.

A writer of glosses or comments; a commentator. [R.] "The . . . glossators of Aristotle." Milman.

A European sandpiper or snipe (Totanus canescens); -- called also greater plover.

hite, the hands, ears, and face black. It was known to the ancient Egyptians. Called also tota.

Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to net. Gross adventure (Law) the loan of money upon bottomry, i. e., on a mortgage of a ship. -- Gross average (Law), that kind of average which falls upon the gross or entire amount of ship, cargo, and freight;…

nder Earth. -- Ground tackle (Naut.), the tackle necessary to secure a vessel at anchor. Totten. -- Ground thrush (Zoöl.), one of numerous species of bright-colored Oriental birds of the family Pittidæ. See Pitta. -- Ground tier. (a) The lowest tier of water casks in a vessel's hold. Totten. (b) The lowest line of a…

See Hæmocytotrypsis.

itinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.

To furl; -- said of a sail. Totten. To hand down, to transmit in succession, as from father to son, or from predecessor to successor; as, fables are handed down from age to age; to forward to the proper officer (the decision of a higher court); as, the Clerk of the Court of Appeals handed down its decision. -- To hand…

As tight as can be made by the hand. Totten.

hich encompass the bow of a vessel, and are fastened to the stem. [Written also harpins.] Totten.

Any sail set forward of the foremast. Totten.

A bar used as a lever. Totten.

Warm-blooded; hematothermal. [R]