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Barratry
noun · 78% connection
A fraudulent breach of duty or willful act of known illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of master, or of th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thick, piece, timber, knee, placed.
Beak
noun · 78% connection
That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thick, piece, timber, knee, placed.
Billboard
noun · 78% connection
A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed on the bow or fore channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of the anchor…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thick, piece, timber, knee, placed.
Bird's-mouth
noun · 78% connection
An interior angle or notch cut across a piece of timber, for the reception of the edge of another, as that in a rafter to be laid on a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thick, piece, timber, knee, placed.
Bitts
n. pl. · 78% connection
A frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which to fasten the cables as the ship rides at anc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thick, piece, timber, knee, placed.
Bottomry
noun · 78% connection
A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thick, piece, timber, knee, placed.
Bowleg
noun · 78% connection
a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thick, piece, timber, knee, placed.
Branch
noun · 78% connection
a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thick, piece, timber, knee, placed.
Brisket
noun · 78% connection
That part of the breast of an animal which extends from the fore legs back beneath the ribs; also applied to the fore part of a horse,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thick, piece, timber, knee, placed.
Carling
noun · 78% connection
A short timber running lengthwise of a ship, from one transverse desk beam to another; also, one of the cross timbers that strengthen…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thick, piece, timber, knee, placed.
Clamp
noun · 78% connection
A piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thick, piece, timber, knee, placed.
Crutch
noun · 78% connection
A knee, or piece of knee timber
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thick, piece, timber, knee, placed.
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: thick, piece, timber, knee, placed.
Fore
adverb · 78% connection
Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thick, piece, timber, knee, placed.
Forefoot
noun · 78% connection
A piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end, connecting it with the lower end of the stem.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thick, piece, timber, knee, placed.
Forehook
noun · 78% connection
A piece of timber placed across the stem, to unite the bows and strengthen the fore part of the ship; a breast hook.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thick, piece, timber, knee, placed.
Forward
adjective · 78% connection
Near, or at the fore part; in advance of something else; as, the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a fleet.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thick, piece, timber, knee, placed.
Fret
noun · 78% connection
A short piece of wire, or other material fixed across the finger board of a guitar or a similar instrument, to indicate where the fing…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thick, piece, timber, knee, placed.
