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A large boat or barge, mainly, used in unloading or loading vessels which can not reach the wharves at the place of shipment or delivery. Lighter screw (Mach.), a screw for adjusting the distance between the stones in a grinding mill by raising or lowering the bridgetree.

rilliant eye. -- Lightning rod, a metallic rod set up on a building, or on the mast of a vessel, and connected with the earth or water below, for the purpose of protecting the building or vessel from lightning. -- Sheet lightning, a diffused glow of electric light flashing out from the clouds, and illumining their ou…

A small room from which the magazine of a naval vessel is lighted, being separated from the magazine by heavy glass windows.

form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and obique sections.

A vessel belonging to a regular line of packets; also, a line-of- battle ship; a ship of the line.

opening; a thin projecting part of anything; a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel.

on of marine intelligence, the insurance, classification, registration, and certifying of vessels, and the transaction of business of various kinds connected with shipping.

y which can be carried or drawn in some specified way; the contents of a cart, barrow, or vessel; that which will constitute a cargo; lading.

hip, that may be closed with a lock. Chain locker (Naut.), a compartment in the hold of a vessel, for holding the chain cables. -- Davy Jones's locker, or Davy's locker. See Davy Jones. -- Shot locker, a compartment where shot are deposited. Totten.

se or voyage. -- Smooth log (Naut.), a clean copy of the rough log. In the case of naval vessels this copy is forwarded to the proper officer of the government. -- To heave the log (Naut.), to cast the log-chip into the water; also, the whole process of ascertaining a vessel's speed by the log.

Formerly, the largest boat carried by a merchant vessel, corresponding to the launch of a naval vessel.

of laborers employed about the wharves of a seaport, especially in loading and unloading vessels.

Formerly, some appurtenance of a vessel which was used in changing her course; -- probably a large paddle put over the lee bow to help bring her head nearer to the wind.

A vessel used to receive the washings of ores of metals.

A kind of light vessel used on the coast of China, having the hull built on a European model, and the rigging like that of a Chinese junk. Admiral Foote.

Lute for protecting vessels from the fire.

state of being lost or destroyed; especially, the wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel.

A large ornamental drinking vessel having two or more handles, intended to pass from hand to hand, as at a banquet.

To turn the head of a vessel toward the wind; to sail nearer the wind; to turn the tiller so as to make the vessel sail nearer the wind. To luff round, or To luff alee, to make the extreme of this movement, for the purpose of throwing the ship's head into the wind.

A small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails. See Illustration in Appendix. Totten.