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Apron
noun · 78% connection
A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, against which the dock gates are shut.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: upright, wooden, iron, post, boat.
Boat
noun · 78% connection
Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: upright, wooden, iron, post, boat.
Boat bug
unknown · 78% connection
An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta; -- so called from swimming on its back, which gives it the appearance of a littl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: upright, wooden, iron, post, boat.
Boxhaul
verb · 78% connection
To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yar…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: upright, wooden, iron, post, boat.
Cat-harping
noun · 78% connection
One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the shrouds toward the masts so a to give freer sweep to the yards.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: upright, wooden, iron, post, boat.
Cordage
noun · 78% connection
Ropes or cords, collectively; hence, anything made of rope or cord, as those parts of the rigging of a ship which consist of ropes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: upright, wooden, iron, post, boat.
Cross
noun · 78% connection
a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: upright, wooden, iron, post, boat.
Davit
noun · 78% connection
Curved arms of timber or iron, projecting over a ship's side of stern, having tackle to raise or lower a boat, swing it in on deck, ri…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: upright, wooden, iron, post, boat.
Easel
noun · 78% connection
A frame (commonly) of wood serving to hold a canvas upright, or nearly upright, for the painter's convenience or for exhibition.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: upright, wooden, iron, post, boat.
Erect
verb · 78% connection
To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, et…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: upright, wooden, iron, post, boat.
Fiddle
noun · 78% connection
A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: upright, wooden, iron, post, boat.
Gatepost
noun · 78% connection
A post to which a gate is hung; -- called also swinging / hinging post.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: upright, wooden, iron, post, boat.
Gibbet
noun · 78% connection
A kind of gallows; an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which, formerly, malefactors were hanged in chains, and the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: upright, wooden, iron, post, boat.
Gripe
noun · 78% connection
An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted; also, broad bands p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: upright, wooden, iron, post, boat.
Hematite
noun · 78% connection
An important ore of iron, the sesquioxide, so called because of the red color of the powder. It occurs in splendent rhombohedral cryst…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: upright, wooden, iron, post, boat.
Hook
noun · 78% connection
A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: upright, wooden, iron, post, boat.
Iron
noun · 78% connection
The most common and most useful metallic element, being of almost universal occurrence, usually in the form of an oxide (as hematite,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: upright, wooden, iron, post, boat.
Knot
noun · 78% connection
A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: upright, wooden, iron, post, boat.
