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The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.

An exceedingly faint roundish or somewhat oblong nebulous light near the ecliptic and opposite the sun, best seen during September and October, when in the constellations Sagittarius and Pisces. Its cause is not yet understood. Called also Gegenschein.

Somewhat coy or reserved. Warner.

Somewhat sour or cross. The wips of the most crabbish Satyristes. Decker.

A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.

The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed. Knight.

A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the jionts of framework, etc.

A framework of timbers and plank backing for a shaft lining, to prevent caving, percolation of water, etc.

in shape, swimming by means of eight longitudinal rows of paddles. The separate paddles somewhat resemble combs.

(Zoöl.) A color marking or structure on the head somewhat resembling a hood.

An armor of bony plates, somewhat resembling a cuirass.

Blameworthiness. [Obs.] Banished out of the realme . . . without culpe. E. Hall.

A dwarf umbelliferous plant, somewhat resembling fennel (Cuminum Cyminum), cultivated for its seeds, which have a bitterish, warm taste, with an aromatic flavor, and are used like those of anise and caraway. [Written also cummin.] Rank-smelling rue, and cumin good for eyes. Spenser. Black cumin (Bot.), a plant (Nigella…

To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit. I never knew any man cured of inattention. Swift.

Somewhat damp. [Obs.] Drayton.

Somewhat dank. -- Dank"ish*ness, n. In a dark and dankish vault at home. Shak.

Somewhat dark; dusky.

A kind of small writing table, generally somewhat ornamental, and forming a piece of furniture for the parlor or boudoir. A much battered davenport in one of the windows, at which sat a lady writing. A. B. Edwards.

Somewhat dead, dull, or lifeless; deathlike. The lips put on a deadish paleness. A. Stafford.

to intellectual decay. Macaulay. Which has caused the decay of the consonants to follow somewhat different laws. James Byrne.