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A worshiper of Baal; a devotee of any false religion; an idolater.

The state or condition of being a bachelor; bachelorship.

The keel and keelson of a ship.

A rope or stay extending from the masthead to the side of a ship, slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast. [ Often used in the plural.]

A meteorite, or similar rude stone artificially shaped, held sacred or worshiped as of divine origin.

To struggle against in vain; as, a ship baffles with the winds. [R.]

A light or hasty luncheon. Bait bug (Zoöl), a crustacean of the genus Hippa found burrowing in sandy beaches. See Anomura.

The last reef in a fore-and-aft sail, taken to steady the ship.

A projecting gallery once common at the stern of large ships.

engine used in excavating and for digging and raising stones and gravel for ballast. -- Ship in ballast, a ship carring only ballast.

Having sides inclining inwards, as a ship; -- opposed to wall- sided.

rted ourselves with bantering several poor scholars with hopes of being at least his lordship's chaplain. De Foe.

A large, roomy boat for the conveyance of passengers or goods; as, a ship's barge; a charcoal barge.

Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc., esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and (b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle. Barnacle eater (Zoöl.), the orange filefish. -- Barnacle scale (Zoöl.), a bark louse (Ce…

nt rapid oscillations of the mercury, and suspended in gimbals from an arm or support on shipboard. -- Mountain barometer, a portable mercurial barometer with tripod support, and long scale, for measuring heights. -- Siphon barometer, a barometer having a tube bent like a hook with the longer leg closed at the top. T…

The fee or domain of a baron; the lordship, dignity, or rank of a baron.

raudulent breach of duty or willful act of known illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of master, or of the mariners, to the injury of the owner of the ship or cargo, and without his consent. It includes every breach of trust committed with dishonest purpose, as by running away with the ship, s…

A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay.

vapor, hot air, or the like; as, a cold or a hot bath; a medicated bath; a steam bath; a hip bath.

he battle between the frogs and mice; -- a Greek parody on the Iliad, of uncertain authorship.