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Anchor
noun · 78% connection
Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contri…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raises, coal, hold, ship.
Anthracite
noun · 78% connection
A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequ…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raises, coal, hold, ship.
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: raises, coal, hold, ship.
Basin
noun · 78% connection
An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially applied…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raises, coal, hold, ship.
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: raises, coal, hold, ship.
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: raises, coal, hold, ship.
Bovey coal
unknown · 78% connection
A kind of mineral coal, or brown lignite, burning with a weak flame, and generally a disagreeable odor; -- found at Bovey Tracey, Devo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raises, coal, hold, ship.
Breeze
noun · 78% connection
Refuse coal, coal ashes, and cinders, used in the burning of bricks.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raises, coal, hold, ship.
Coal
verb · 78% connection
To supply with coal; as, to coal a steamer.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raises, coal, hold, ship.
Coal works
unknown · 78% connection
A place where coal is dug, including the machinery for raising the coal.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raises, coal, hold, ship.
Coaly
noun · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or resembling, coal; containing coal; of the nature of coal.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raises, coal, hold, ship.
Collier
noun · 78% connection
One engaged in the business of digging mineral coal or making charcoal, or in transporting or dealing in coal.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raises, coal, hold, ship.
Colliery
noun · 78% connection
The place where coal is dug; a coal mine, and the buildings, etc., belonging to it.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raises, coal, hold, ship.
Cradle
noun · 78% connection
A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raises, coal, hold, ship.
Curvet
noun · 78% connection
A particular leap of a horse, when he raises both his fore legs at once, equally advanced, and, as his fore legs are falling, raises h…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raises, coal, hold, ship.
Demivolt
noun · 78% connection
A half vault; one of the seven artificial motions of a horse, in which he raises his fore legs in a particular manner.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raises, coal, hold, ship.
Draught
noun · 78% connection
The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden; as, a ship of twelve feet dra…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raises, coal, hold, ship.
Elevator
noun · 78% connection
One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raises, coal, hold, ship.
