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frigate, the deck which is continued in a straight line from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, and on which spare spars are usually placed. See under Deck. -- Spar torpedo (Naut.), a torpedo carried on the end of a spar usually projecting from the bow of a vessel, and intended to explode upon contact with an enemy'…

broad as a dangerous person. Arbuthnot & Pope. I felt as if I had been spirited into some castle of antiquity. Willis. Spiriting away (Law), causing to leave; the offense of inducing a witness to leave a jurisdiction so as to evade process requiring attendance at trial.

A castle and domain conferred on a nobleman for life. [Poland] Brande & C.

es my master . . . over the stile, this way. Shak. Over this stile in the way to Doubting Castle. Bunyan.

Power of resisting attacks; impregnability. "Our castle's strength will laugh a siege to scorn." Shak.

ure by unexpected attack. Fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Isa. xxxiii. 14. The castle of Macduff I will surprise. Shak. Who can speak The mingled passions that surprised his heart Thomson.

person, or the possession of something, into the power of another; as, the surrender of a castle to an enemy; the surrender of a right. That he may secure some liberty he makes a surrender in trust of the whole of it. Burke.

In Ireland, a lord or proprietor of a tract of land or of a castle, elected by a family, under the system of tanistry. This family [the O'Hanlons] were tanists of a large territory within the present county of Armagh. M. A. Lower.

To fall forward; to pitch or tumble down. Though castles topple on their warders' heads. Shak.

n overpowers his reason and controls his judgment; an unpractical schemer; one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer.

at part of a vessel's deck, bulwarks, etc., which is between the quarter-deck and the forecastle; the middle part of the ship.

r tarpaulin for the hammocks, stowed on the nettings, between the quarterdeck and the forecastle.

ans of guarding; defense; protection. For the best ward of mine honor. Shak. The assieged castle's ward Their steadfast stands did mightily maintain. Spenser. For want of other ward, He lifted up his hand, his front to guard. Dryden.

r that what by force, what by policy, he had taken from the Christians above thirty small castles. Knolles.

A street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of work, or exercise of authority; -- now obsolete except in composition; as, bailiwick, Warwick, Greenwick. Stow.

often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam.