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Anchor
noun · 78% connection
A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cover, plates, sheathe, ship, iron.
Armor-plated
adjective · 78% connection
Covered with defensive plates of metal, as a ship of war; steel-clad.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cover, plates, sheathe, ship, iron.
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: cover, plates, sheathe, ship, iron.
Billboard
noun · 78% connection
A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed on the bow or fore channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of the anchor…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cover, plates, sheathe, ship, iron.
Boiler
noun · 78% connection
A strong metallic vessel, usually of wrought iron plates riveted together, or a composite structure variously formed, in which steam i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cover, plates, sheathe, ship, iron.
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: cover, plates, sheathe, ship, iron.
Cap
verb · 78% connection
To cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a cap or cover; to cover the top or end of; to place a cap upon the proper part…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cover, plates, sheathe, ship, iron.
Cataphracted
adjective · 78% connection
Covered with a cataphract, or armor of plates, scales, etc.; or with that which corresponds to this, as horny or bony plates, hard, ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cover, plates, sheathe, ship, iron.
Compensator
noun · 78% connection
An iron plate or magnet placed near the compass on iron vessels to neutralize the effect of the ship's attraction on the needle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cover, plates, sheathe, ship, iron.
Copper
verb · 78% connection
To cover or coat with copper; to sheathe with sheets of copper; as, to copper a ship.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cover, plates, sheathe, ship, iron.
Die
noun · 78% connection
A perforated block, commonly of hardened steel used in connection with a punch, for punching holes, as through plates, or blanks from…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cover, plates, sheathe, ship, iron.
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: cover, plates, sheathe, ship, iron.
Ferrous
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, iron; -- especially used of compounds of iron in which the iron has its lower valence; as, ferrous sul…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cover, plates, sheathe, ship, iron.
Finery
noun · 78% connection
A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cover, plates, sheathe, ship, iron.
Gnathastegite
noun · 78% connection
One of a pair of broad plates, developed from the outer maxillipeds of crabs, and forming a cover for the other mouth organs.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cover, plates, sheathe, ship, iron.
Grapeshot
noun · 78% connection
A cluster, usually nine in number, of small iron balls, put together by means of cast-iron circular plates at top and bottom, with two…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cover, plates, sheathe, ship, iron.
Hematite
noun · 78% connection
An important ore of iron, the sesquioxide, so called because of the red color of the powder. It occurs in splendent rhombohedral cryst…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cover, plates, sheathe, ship, iron.
Insheathe
verb · 78% connection
To insert as in a sheath; to sheathe.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cover, plates, sheathe, ship, iron.
