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The act or process of daubing a vessel's bottom near the surface of the water with a mixture of tallow, sulphur, and resin, as a temporary protection against worms, after the slime, shells, etc., have been scraped off.

A plane of an orthorhombic crystal which is parallel both to the vertical axis and to the shorter lateral (brachydiagonal) axis.

A pin worn on the breast for a fastening, or for ornament; a brooch.

A strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm, to close the bottom of the bore.

Lodging in a camp.

A form of pin slender and nearly straight like a candle.

A plane used for working the upper surface of staircase rails.

See Pinkboot.

Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious. -- Carp"ing*ly, adv.

A california woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus), noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees. The acorns become infested by insect larvæ, which, when grown, are extracted for food by the bird.

See Cat-harping.

One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the shrouds toward the masts so a to give freer sweep to the yards.

Of or pertaining to the central nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord. Cerebro-spinal fluid (Physiol.), a serous fluid secreted by the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. -- Cerebro-spinal meningitis, Cerebro-spinal fever (Med.), a dangerous epidemic, and endemic, febrile disease, characteri…

Same as Monkey-puzzle.

See Chinquapin.

eet high, allied to the chestnut. Also, its small, sweet, edible nat. [Written also chincapin and chinkapin.] Chinquapin oak, a small shrubby oak (Quercus prinoides) of the Atlantic States, with edible acorns. -- Western Chinquapin, an evergreen shrub or tree (Castanopes chrysophylla) of the Pacific coast. In Californ…

Same as Chopine, n.

A chip; a piece separated by a cutting or graving instrument; a fragment.

The chippy.

See Chipmunk.