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To cleancse by the introduction of water; -- applied especially to hollow vessels; as, to rinse a bottle. "Like a glass did break i' the rinsing." Shak.

An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.

A duty paid to the crown for the passage of vessels on certain rivers.

A clumsy vessel that works its way from one anchorage to another by means of the tides. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.

The oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side, in sea way, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching.

ered; -- so called because after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks of captured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms erected in Rome for the use of public orators.

A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.

A privy near the bow of the vessel.

To propel with oars, as a boat or vessel, along the surface of water; as, to row a boat.

An opening in the side of small vessels of war, near the surface of the water, to facilitate rowing in calm weather.

aut.), the mast next above the topgallant mast and usually the highest on a square-rigged vessel. The royal yard and royal sail are attached to the royal mast. -- Royal metal, an old name for gold. -- Royal palm (Bot.), a magnificent West Indian palm tree (Oreodoxa regia), lately discovered also in Florida. -- Royal…

The mechanical appliance by means of which a vessel is guided or steered when in motion. It is a broad and flat blade made of wood or iron, with a long shank, and is fastened in an upright position, usually by one edge, to the sternpost of the vessel in such a way that it can be turned from side to side in the water by…

r blade of the rudder, which is connected by hinges, or the like, with the sternpost of a vessel.

A popular or jocular name for a drinking vessel. [Obs.]

captured or exhausted; as, to run down, a stag. (b) (Naut.) To run against and sink, as a vessel. (c) To crush; to overthrow; to overbear. "religion is run down by the license of these times." Berkeley. (d) To disparage; to traduce. F. W. Newman. -- To run hard. (a) To press in competition; as, to run one hard in a ra…

or separating; the state of being asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel or fiber; the rupture of a lutestring. Arbuthnot. Hatch from the egg, that soon, Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed Their callow young. Milton.

ally to permit the escape of steam, or confined gas, water, etc., from a boiler, or other vessel, when the pressure becomes too great for safety; also, sometimes, a similar valve opening inward to admit air to a vessel in which the pressure is less than that of the atmosphere, to prevent collapse.

ake much leeway by reason of the wind, sea, or current; to drift to leeward; -- said of a vessel. Totten.

or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water. Behoves him now both sail and oar. Milton.