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The act of closing the doors of a schoolroom against a schoolmaster; -- a boyish mode of rebellion in schools. Swift.

aut.) A strip of wood used in fastening the edges of a tarpaulin to the deck, also around masts to prevent chafing. (c) A long, thin strip used to strengthen a part, to cover a crack, etc. Batten door (Arch.), a door made of boards of the whole length of the door, secured by battens nailed crosswise.…

Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks. Bee beetle (Zoöl.), a beetle (Trichodes apiarius) parasitic in beehives. -- Bee bird (Zoöl.), a bird that eats the honeybee, as the European flycatcher, and the American kingbird. -- Bee flower…

An African bird of the genus Rhinopomastes.

ss to; in the power of. The world was all before them where to choose. Milton. Before the mast (Naut.), as a common sailor, -- because the sailors live in the forecastle, forward of the foremast. -- Before the wind (Naut.), in the direction of the wind and by its impulse; having the wind aft.

That which is willed or ordered; a command; a mandate; an injunction. To do his master's high behest. Sir W. Scott.

A strong pin in the side of a vessel, or by the mast, round which ropes are wound when they are fastened or belayed.

Pieces of timber bolted to certain parts of a mast tp support the trestletrees.

Command; order; a proclamation or notifying. "Do thou thy master's bidding." Shak.

A two-masted passenger boat or small vessel, used in the bay of Manila.

A small two-masted merchant vessel, fitted only for coasting, or for use in canals, as in Holland. Why choose we, then, like bilanders to creep Along the coast, and land in view to keep Dryden.

of goods shipped by any person, signed by the agent of the owner of the vessel, or by its master, acknowledging the receipt of the goods, and promising to deliver them safe at the place directed, dangers of the sea excepted. It is usual for the master to sign two, three, or four copies of the bill; one of which he keep…

same purpose and go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a variety of the mastiff.

A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an extortioner.

A single man left on a point, exposed to be taken up. He is too great a master of his art to make a blot which may be so easily hit. Dryden.

piece of soft wood covered with tarred canvas, placed on the trestletrees and against the mast, for the collars of the shrouds to rest on, to prevent chafing.

n in a state of slavery; one whose person and liberty are subjected to the authority of a master.

composition, written or printed; a treatise. A good book is the precious life blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. Milton.

A long spar or beam, projecting from the mast of a derrick, from the outer end of which the body to be lifted is suspended.

A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator. [Slang, U. S.]