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Bee
noun · 78% connection
Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pieces, timber, bolted, certain, parts.
Bolster
noun · 78% connection
A cushioned or a piece of soft wood covered with tarred canvas, placed on the trestletrees and against the mast, for the collars of th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pieces, timber, bolted, certain, parts.
Bolt
verb · 78% connection
To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as, the horse bolted.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pieces, timber, bolted, certain, parts.
Bond
noun · 78% connection
A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pieces, timber, bolted, certain, parts.
Carpentry
noun · 78% connection
An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pieces, timber, bolted, certain, parts.
Cleat
noun · 78% connection
A device made of wood or metal, having two arms, around which turns may be taken with a line or rope so as to hold securely and yet be…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pieces, timber, bolted, certain, parts.
Crosstrees
n. pl. · 78% connection
Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large vessels, they support a s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pieces, timber, bolted, certain, parts.
Deciduous
adjective · 78% connection
Falling off, or subject to fall or be shed, at a certain season, or a certain stage or interval of growth, as leaves (except of evergr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pieces, timber, bolted, certain, parts.
Fish
verb · 78% connection
To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pieces, timber, bolted, certain, parts.
Fore-topmast
noun · 78% connection
The mast erected at the head of the foremast, and at the head of which stands the fore-topgallant mast. See Ship.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pieces, timber, bolted, certain, parts.
Half-mast
noun · 78% connection
A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mourning, etc.).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pieces, timber, bolted, certain, parts.
Hound
noun · 78% connection
Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pieces, timber, bolted, certain, parts.
Joint
noun · 78% connection
The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a clos…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pieces, timber, bolted, certain, parts.
Mast
noun · 78% connection
A pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, or spar, set upright in a boat or vessel, to sustain the sails, yards, rigging, etc. A…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pieces, timber, bolted, certain, parts.
Mastful
adjective · 78% connection
Abounding in mast; producing mast in abundance; as, the mastful forest; a mastful chestnut.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pieces, timber, bolted, certain, parts.
Masthead
noun · 78% connection
The top or head of a mast; the part of a mast above the hounds.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pieces, timber, bolted, certain, parts.
Outrigger
noun · 78% connection
Any spar or projecting timber run out for temporary use, as from a ship's mast, to hold a rope or a sail extended, or from a building,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pieces, timber, bolted, certain, parts.
Part
verb · 78% connection
To be broken or divided into parts or pieces; to break; to become separated; to go asunder; as, rope parts; his hair parts in the midd…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pieces, timber, bolted, certain, parts.
