Deadlight: alternatives and connections

Something to hinder sight or keep out light; a screen; a cover; esp. a hinged screen or shutter for a window; a blinder for a horse.

The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the…

An aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house, for giving, occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet.

To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; -- with up.

One of two small holes astern, above the gunroom ports, through which hawsers may be passed.

Five English ports, to which peculiar privileges were anciently accorded; -- viz., Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich; after…

Sailing along or near a coast, or running between ports along a coast.

(biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other repro…

An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or all of the ports within its dominions;…

To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite…

A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter.

To watch, as a receding object; to keep the eyes fixed upon while in motion; to keep the mind upon while in progress, as a speech, mus…

One half of a shutter made in two parts for closing a porthole.

To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide; to stay; as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep near; to keep in…

A short piece of rope or line for fastening something in ships; as, the lanyards of the gun ports, of the buoy, and the like; esp., pi…

To make or set open; to render free of access; to unclose; to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or covering from; as, to open…

To act, go, or work diligently and steadily; especially, to do something by repeated actions; to go back and forth; as, a steamer plie…

An inhabitant or burgess of a port, esp. of one of the Cinque Ports.