Search the Dictionary

A mark made on the molds of a ship, when building, to show where the angles of the timbers are to be placed. [Written also sirmark.]

and; as, to surrender one's person to an enemy or to an officer; to surrender a fort or a ship.

design to ascertain the condition, quantity, or quality; as, a survey of the stores of a ship; a survey of roads and bridges; a survey of buildings.

One who undertakes anything; specifically, a godfather; a sponsor; a guardian. Puller. Shipley.

an with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship. [Spelt also swob.]

Formerly, an interior officer on board of British ships of war, whose business it was to see that the ship was kept clean.

A term of contempt for an Irish Methodist. Shipley.

The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle.

To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide.

figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for a man), the name of the material for the thing made, etc. Bai…

The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding.

the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is closehauled (see Illust. of Ship); also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.

The rigging and apparatus of a ship; also, any purchase where more than one block is used. Fall and tackle. See the Note under Pulley. -- Fishing tackle. See under Fishing, a. -- Ground tackle (Naut.), anchors, cables, etc. -- Gun tackle, the apparatus or appliances for hauling cannon in or out. -- Tackle fall, the…

The upper part of a ship's stern, which is flat like a table on the top, and sometimes ornamented with carved work; the rail around a ship's stern. [Written also tafferel.]

power or will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner; as, to take am army, a city, or a ship; also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack; to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the like. This man was taken of the Jews. Acts xxiii. 27. Men in their loose, unguarded hours they take; Not that themselv…

A vessel fitted with tanks for the carrying of oil or other liquid in bulk.

f canvas covered with tar or a waterproof composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship, hammocks, boats, etc.

Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts. Totten.

Tectona grandis) which furnishes an extremely strong and durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes; also, the timber of the tree. [Written also teek.] African teak, a tree (Oldfieldia Africana) of Sierra Leone; also, its very heavy and durable wood; -- called also African oak. -- New Zeland teak…

bivalve mollusks which bore into submerged wood, such as the piles of wharves, bottoms of ships, etc.; -- called also shipworm. See Shipworm. See Illust. in App.