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Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -- in contradistinction to consanguinity, or relationship by blood; -- followed by with, to, or between. Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh. 1 Kings iii. 1.

To hire, as a ship, for the transportation of goods or freight.

One who hires or charters a ship to convey goods.

Borne on the water; floating; on board ship. On such a full sea are we now afloat. Shak.

windlass. Afore the mast, among the common sailors; -- a phrase used to distinguish the ship's crew from the officers.

ta). -- African oak or African teak, a timber furnished by Oldfieldia Africana, used in ship building. African violet African-American, a United States citizen of African descent.

To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway.

The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails. Totten.

Oppression; hardship; injury; grievance. [Archaic]

A relative whose relationship can be traced exclusively through males.

On the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground. Totten.

Near the wind; as, to lay a ship ahold. [Obs.] Shak.

A term used in hailing; as, "Ship ahoy."

With the sails furled, and the helm lashed alee; -- applied to ships in a storm. See Hull, n.

With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward. "With one arm akimbo." Irving.

toward the lee, or the side away from the wind; the opposite of aweather. The helm of a ship is alee when pressed close to the lee side. Hard alee, or Luff alee, an order to put the helm to the lee side.

nearly 100,000 Indians of the Algonquian tribes, of which the strongest are the Ojibwas (Chippewas), Ottawas, Crees, Algonquins, Micmacs, and Blackfeet. -- n.

To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership. [R.] "It the son alien lands." Sir M. Hale. The prince was totally aliened from all thoughts of . . . the marriage. Clarendon.

nvey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.

Applied to those days when the holy sacrifice is not offered. Shipley.