Gasket: alternatives and connections

With the sails furled, and the helm lashed alee; -- applied to ships in a storm. See Hull, n.

The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also,…

A rope stitched to the edges of a sail to strengthen the sail.

A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the Eng…

The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.

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…

To move of draw (a sail or yard) by means of the clew garnets, clew lines, etc.; esp. to draw up the clews of a square sail to the yar…

Designating the mast, sail, yard, etc., above the topmast; as, the fore-topgallant sail. See Sail.

To move heavily and slowly, as a ship after the sails are furled; to work one's way, as one ship in outsailing another; -- used especi…

A structure of gabions sunk in lines, as a core for a sand bar in harbor improvements.

One of the clews or lower corners of a course or a topsail when the middle part or the rest of the sail is furled.

A system of close equidistant and parallel lines lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spect…

A logarithmic line on Gunter's scale, used for performing the multiplication and division of numbers mechanically by the dividers; --…

a pattern of columns of short parallel lines with all the lines in one column sloping one way and lines in adjacent columns sloping th…

The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way…

That part of a line, or of a plane, or of space, which is infinitely distant. In modern geometry, parallel lines or planes are sometim…

Pieces of old cable or old cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling t…

To strike with a lash ; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.