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Comradeship and loyalty.

Having the keel arched upwards, but not actually hogged; -- said of a ship.

The position of a candidate; state of being a candidate; candidateship.

d throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or fort; -- usually, an attack of some continuance. A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted towm. Prescott.

to support the bulkneads. Cant frames, Cant timbers (Naut.), timber at the two ends of a ship, rising obliquely from the keel.

Of or pertaining to a cantor; as, the cantoris side of a choir; a cantoris stall. Shipley.

To head or point; to keep a course; as, the ship capes southwest by south.

surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing…

One in charge of a portion of a ship's company; as, a captain of a top, captain of a gun, etc.

Power, or command, over a certain district; chieftainship. [Obs.]

A kind of large ship formerly used by the Spaniards and Portuguese in the East India trade; a galleon. [Spelt also carrack.] The bigger whale like some huge carrack law. Waller.

The abandoned and decaying remains of some bulky and once comely thing, as a ship; the skeleton, or the uncovered or unfinished frame, of a thing. A rotten carcass of a boat. Shak.

marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass. All the quartere that they know I' the shipman's card. Shak.

To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel.

Expense of careening ships.

The lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods, merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load; freight. Cargoes of food or clothing. E. Everett.

Shaped like the keel or prow of a ship; having a carina or keel; as, a carinate calyx or leaf; a carinate sternum (of a bird).

A short timber running lengthwise of a ship, from one transverse desk beam to another; also, one of the cross timbers that strengthen a hath; -- usually in pl.

An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, ships, etc.

t knight. (a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of the drawing room; an effeminate person. Shak. (b) One made a knight, for some other than military distinction or service. -- Carpet moth (Zoöl.), the larva of an insect which feeds on carpets and oth…