Dogshore: alternatives and connections

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…

To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.

A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or knocked. See Baseball, and Football.

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…

A form of jack screw for lifting large bodies, and assisting in launching.

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…

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…

To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly; as, he braced himself against the crowd.

To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.

A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m…

counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle)

A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns,…

A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron.

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…

Fagots, boughs, or loose materials of any kind, laid on the bottom of the hold for the cargo to rest upon to prevent injury by water,…

In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably.

To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something , or to cleave together, by…

To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall; hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a piece of gold or other…