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After
adjective · 78% connection
To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raised, pieces, wood, iron, around.
Backboard
noun · 78% connection
A board attached to the rim of a water wheel to prevent the water from running off the floats or paddies into the interior of the whee…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raised, pieces, wood, iron, around.
Batten
n . · 78% connection
A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, (a) pl. (Com. & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches and not less than 6 feet long…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raised, pieces, wood, iron, around.
Buckler
noun · 78% connection
A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a hawse hole, or the circular opening in a half-port, to prevent water from entering when…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raised, pieces, wood, iron, around.
Camber
noun · 78% connection
An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raised, pieces, wood, iron, around.
Centreboard
noun · 78% connection
A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raised, pieces, wood, iron, around.
Chain pump
unknown · 78% connection
A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. Th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raised, pieces, wood, iron, around.
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: raised, pieces, wood, iron, around.
Collar
noun · 78% connection
A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding so…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raised, pieces, wood, iron, around.
Companion
noun · 78% connection
A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raised, pieces, wood, iron, around.
Controller
noun · 78% connection
An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raised, pieces, wood, iron, around.
Cove
noun · 78% connection
A member, whose section is a concave curve, used especially with regard to an inner roof or ceiling, as around a skylight.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raised, pieces, wood, iron, around.
Creeper
noun · 78% connection
A kind of patten mounted on short pieces of iron instead of rings; also, a fixture with iron points worn on a shoe to prevent one from…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raised, pieces, wood, iron, around.
Curb
noun · 78% connection
An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the int…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raised, pieces, wood, iron, around.
Dam
noun · 78% connection
A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built across a water cou…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raised, pieces, wood, iron, around.
Embankment
noun · 78% connection
A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain water in a reservoir,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raised, pieces, wood, iron, around.
Frigate
noun · 78% connection
Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to larger vesse…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raised, pieces, wood, iron, around.
Furniture
verb · 78% connection
Pieces of wood or metal of a lesser height than the type, placed around the pages or other matter in a form, and, with the quoins, ser…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: raised, pieces, wood, iron, around.
