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, and saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners. Acts x. 10, 11. If I do die before thee, prithee, shroud me In one of those same sheets. Shak.

A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel; -- called also waist anchor. See the Note under Anchor.

The cable belonging to the sheet anchor.

A chain sheet cable.

Enough to fill a sheet; as much as a sheet can hold.

Cotton or linen cloth suitable for bed sheets. It is sometimes made of double width.

One of the ropes by which the mainsail is hauled aft and trimmed.

A covering placed over the upper part of a horse's head.

body of an army; advance payment, or that made before it is due; advance proofs, advance sheets, pages of a forthcoming volume, received in advance of the time of publication.

lly sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar. Apple-pie bed, a bed in which, as a joke, the sheets are so doubled (like the cover of an apple turnover) as to prevent any one from getting at his length between them. Halliwell, Conybeare. -- Apple-pie order, perfect order or arrangement. [Colloq.] Halliwell.…

Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands.

Sheeted home, hoisted taut up and ready for trimming; -- said of sails.

ke to look like a bagpipe. To bagpipe the mizzen (Naut.), to lay it aback by bringing the sheet to the mizzen rigging. Totten.

he relations between sovereign states or between dominant parties in a state. -- Balance sheet (Bookkeeping), a paper showing the balances of the open accounts of a business, the debit and credit balances footing up equally, if the system of accounts be complete and the balances correctly taken. -- Balance thermomete…

A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.

Cotton in sheets, prepared for use in making quilts, etc.; as, cotton batting.

A bickern; a bench anvil with a long beak, adapted to reach the interior surface of sheet metal ware; the horn of an anvil.

Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak.

e light with soda or baking powder. Usually a number are baked in the same pan, forming a sheet or card.

To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.