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Adansonia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: timber, rising, gunwale, serving, belaying.
Amphitheatre
noun · 78% connection
Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: timber, rising, gunwale, serving, belaying.
Amplitude
noun · 78% connection
The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the risi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: timber, rising, gunwale, serving, belaying.
Axe
noun · 78% connection
A tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: timber, rising, gunwale, serving, belaying.
Belay
verb · 78% connection
To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: timber, rising, gunwale, serving, belaying.
Bitts
n. pl. · 78% connection
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: timber, rising, gunwale, serving, belaying.
Bowline
noun · 78% connection
A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: timber, rising, gunwale, serving, belaying.
Chock
noun · 78% connection
A heavy casting of metal, usually fixed near the gunwale. It has two short horn-shaped arms curving inward, between which ropes or haw…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: timber, rising, gunwale, serving, belaying.
Coak
noun · 78% connection
A kind of tenon connecting the face of a scarfed timber with the face of another timber, or a dowel or pin of hard wood or iron unitin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: timber, rising, gunwale, serving, belaying.
Copple
noun · 78% connection
Something rising in a conical shape; specifically, a hill rising to a point.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: timber, rising, gunwale, serving, belaying.
Cordage
noun · 78% connection
Ropes or cords, collectively; hence, anything made of rope or cord, as those parts of the rigging of a ship which consist of ropes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: timber, rising, gunwale, serving, belaying.
Curb
noun · 78% connection
An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the int…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: timber, rising, gunwale, serving, belaying.
Dolphin
noun · 78% connection
A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the gunwale.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: timber, rising, gunwale, serving, belaying.
Driftpiece
noun · 78% connection
An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: timber, rising, gunwale, serving, belaying.
Emergence
noun · 78% connection
The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprisal or appearanc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: timber, rising, gunwale, serving, belaying.
Fish-tackle
noun · 78% connection
A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale. The block used is called the fish-block.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: timber, rising, gunwale, serving, belaying.
Gazelle
noun · 78% connection
One of several small, swift, elegantly formed species of antelope, of the genus Gazella, esp. G. dorcas; -- called also algazel, corin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: timber, rising, gunwale, serving, belaying.
Gobline
noun · 78% connection
One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit; -- called also gobrope and gaubline.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: timber, rising, gunwale, serving, belaying.
