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The bilge of a vessel. See Bilge, 2. Bulge ways. (Naut.) See Bilge ways.

The cargo of a vessel when stowed.

A partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on the same deck.

A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc., for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore.

A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) Onr from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called brace bumpkin. (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen. [Written also boomkin.]

Buoys, taken collectively; a series of buoys, as for the guidance of vessels into or out of port; the providing of buoys.

The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden.

s, an institution, in the interest of maritime underwriters, for the survey and rating of vessels all over the world. It was founded in Belgium in 1828, removed to Paris in 1830, and reëstablished in Brussels in 1870.

A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1.

essure, esp. from within; to force open suddenly; as, to burst a cannon; to burst a blood vessel; to burst open the doors. My breast I'll burst with straining of my courage. Shak.

A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure. Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed, and not to be set on a candlestick Mark iv. 21.

A small strong vessel with two masts and two cabins; -- used in the herring fishery. The Dutch whalers and herring busses. Macaulay.

A large cask or vessel for wine or beer. It contains two hogsheads.

is, and in the United States to the toadflax (Linaria vulgaris). -- Butter boat, a small vessel for holding melted butter at table. -- Butter flower, the buttercup, a yellow flower. -- Butter print, a piece of carved wood used to mark pats of butter; -- called also butter stamp. Locke. -- Butter tooth, either of th…

A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links.

A light skiff or rowboat used on the Bosporus; also, a Levantine vessel of larger size.

A structure, usually with an air chamber, placed beneath a vessel to lift or float it.

A vessel used in calcination.

boy who calls the actors in a theater; a boy who transmits the orders of the captain of a vessel to the engineer, helmsman, etc. (b) A waiting boy who answers a cal, or cames at the ringing of a bell; a bell boy. -- Call note, the note naturally used by the male bird to call the female. It is artifically applied by bi…

An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck).