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he commercial interests of the citizens of the appointing government, and to protect its seamen. Consul general, a consul of the first rank, stationed in an important place, or having jurisdiction in several places or over several consula. -- Vice consul, a consular officer holding the place of a consul during the con…

The company of seamen who man a ship, vessel, or at; the company belonging to a vessel or a boat.

Hence, to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen. Coaxing and courting with intent to crimp him. Carlyle.

A small armed vessel, usually a steamer, in the revenue marine service; -- also called revenue cutter.

A name given to several species of Pleuronectes . TheAmerican rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides.

Disembarkation. The debarkation, therefore, had to take place by small steamers. U. S. Grant.

One holding high rank; a dignitary. These filthy dreamers . . . speak evil of dignities. Jude. 8.

The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation under Drag, v. i., 3. Drag sail (Naut.), a sail or canvas rigged on a stout frame, to be dragged by a vessel thr…

Appointed or required to arrive at a given time; as, the steamer was due yesterday.

A stiff flour pudding, boiled in a bag; -- a term used especially by seamen; as, plum duff.

To cover with grease; to defile; to pollute. [Obs.] In the rank sweat of an enseamed bed. Shak.

ast, or appearance of the human face, and especially of any single part of the face; a lineament. (pl.) The face, the countenance. It is for homely features to keep home. Milton.

A small flame. The flamelets gleamed and flickered. Longfellow.

board, one of the boards fixed radially to the rim of an undershot water wheel or of a steamer's paddle wheel; -- a vane. -- Float case (Naut.), a caisson used for lifting a ship. -- Float copper or gold (Mining), fine particles of metallic copper or of gold suspended in water, and thus liable to be lost. -- Float…

A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter.

a full face; the full moon. It came to pass, at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed. Gen. xii. 1. The man commands Like a full soldier. Shak. I can not Request a fuller satisfaction Than you have freely granted. Ford.

d ore from water. Knight. -- Funnel stay (Naut.), one of the ropes or rods steadying a steamer's funnel.

g the degree of saltness of water from its specific gravity, as in the boilers of ocean steamers. -- Sea gauge, an instrument for finding the depth of the sea. -- Siphon gauge, a glass siphon tube, partly filled with mercury, -- used to indicate pressure, as of steam, or the degree of rarefaction produced in the rece…

To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.). Dying eyes gleamed forth their ashy lights. Shak.

A small flag or streamer, as that carried by cavalry, which is broad at one end and nearly pointed at the other, or that used to direct the movements of a body of infantry, or to make signals at sea; also, the flag of a guild or fraternity. In the United States service, each company of cavalry has a guidon. The pendant…