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Ship

Pay; reward.

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Manner of action 6

Barge 76% connected

A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, elegantly furnished and decorated.

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Despatch 76% connected

Same as Dispatch.

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Dispatch 76% connected

To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.

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Forward 76% connected

An agreement; a covenant; a promise.

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Railroad 76% connected

Alt. of Railway

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Reship 76% connected

To ship again; to put on board of a vessel a second time; to send on a second voyage; as, to reship bonded merchandise.

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Broader term 15

Board 76% connected

A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.

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Displace 76% connected

To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

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Employ 76% connected

To inclose; to infold.

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Engage 76% connected

To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or…

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Hire 76% connected

See Here, pron.

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Journey 76% connected

The travel or work of a day.

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Lay 76% connected

of Lie, to recline.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Pose 76% connected

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Put 76% connected

A pit.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Vessel 76% connected

A hollow or concave utensil for holding anything; a hollow receptacle of any kind, as a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a bo…

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Narrower term 12

Derelict 76% connected

Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian; left and abandoned; as, derelict lands.

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Flagship 76% connected

The vessel which carries the commanding officer of a fleet or squadron and flies his distinctive flag or pennant.

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Hulk 76% connected

The body of a ship or decked vessel of any kind; esp., the body of an old vessel laid by as unfit for service.

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Pirate 76% connected

A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on the high seas; especially, one who makes it his business to crui…

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Shipwreck 76% connected

The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the w…

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Steamer 76% connected

A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat.

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Steamship 76% connected

A ship or seagoing vessel propelled by the power of steam; a steamer.

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Tender 76% connected

One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.

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Three-decker 76% connected

A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.

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Troopship 76% connected

A vessel built or fitted for the conveyance of troops; a transport.

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Whaler 76% connected

A vessel or person employed in the whale fishery.

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Wreck 76% connected

See 2d & 3d Wreak.

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Derivationally related 4

Transport 74% connected

To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.

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Transport 74% connected

To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.

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Component part 32

Bay 70% connected

Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses.

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Bulkhead 70% connected

A partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on the same deck.

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Bulwark 70% connected

A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork.

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Caboose 70% connected

A house on deck, where the cooking is done; -- commonly called the galley.

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Davit 70% connected

A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship; -…

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Deck 70% connected

To cover; to overspread.

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Drogue 70% connected

See Drag, n., 6, and Drag sail, under Drag, n.

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Fin 70% connected

To carve or cut up, as a chub.

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Forecastle 70% connected

A short upper deck forward, formerly raised like a castle, to command an enemy's decks.

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Frame 70% connected

To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts o…

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Funnel 70% connected

A vessel of the shape of an inverted hollow cone, terminating below in a pipe, and used for conveying liquids into a close vessel; a tunnel.

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Galley 70% connected

A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not

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Helm 70% connected

See Haulm, straw.

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Hold 70% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Log 70% connected

A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills.

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Mainsheet 70% connected

One of the ropes by which the mainsail is hauled aft and trimmed.

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Poop 70% connected

See 2d Poppy.

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Porthole 70% connected

An embrasure in a ship's side. See 3d Port.

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Quarter 70% connected

One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, o…

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Screw 70% connected

A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to l…

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Sea anchor 70% connected

See Drag sail, under 4th Drag.

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Sheet 70% connected

In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies.

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Shroud 70% connected

That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.

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Skeleton 70% connected

The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal.

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Spar 70% connected

An old name for a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable and somewhat lustrous; as, calc spar, or calcite, fluor spar, etc. It was especially used in…

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Stern 70% connected

The black tern.

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Superstructure 70% connected

Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis

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Tack 70% connected

A stain; a tache.

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Tail 70% connected

Limitation; abridgment.

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Top 70% connected

A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem,…

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Winch 70% connected

To wince; to shrink; to kick with impatience or uneasiness.

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Windlass 70% connected

A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course; a shift.

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Containing group 1

Fleet 70% connected

To sail; to float.

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Synonym 3

Embark 92% connected

To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.

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Send 92% connected

To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger.

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Transport 92% connected

To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.

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