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One who, or that which, decks or adorns; a coverer; as, a table decker.

A man-of-war having two gun decks.

A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.

A vessel of war carrying guns on two decks.

A fornicator. [Obs.] T. Decker.

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

To throw out of rank or into confusion. Decker.

ertaining to an engine. [Obs.] That one act gives, like an enginous wheel, Motion to all. Decker.

A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace. There is no ho with them. Decker.

in the line of battle; a vessel superior to a frigate; usually, a seventy-four, or three-decker; -- called also line of battle ship. Totten. -- To cross the line, to cross the equator, as a vessel at sea. -- To give a person line, to allow him more or less liberty until it is convenient to stop or check him, like a…

A game of hazard played with cards in silence. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Decker.

A poking-stick. Decker.

ape of the men into boats when the train is fired; a large port in an old-fashioned three-decker or a large modern ironclad.

fish, etc., cooked together in alternate layers, -- a common food of sailors; as, a three-decker sea pie.

An old game with cards, nearly the same as whist; -- called also ruff. Decker.

Revelers; roysterers. [Obs.] Decker.

les, as clothes, etc. Piers Plowman laid the cloth, and Simplicity brought in the voider. Decker. The cloth whereon the earl dined was taken away, and the voider, wherein the plate was usually put, was set upon the cupboard's head. Hist. of Richard Hainam.