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Barbel
noun · 78% connection
A slender tactile organ on the lips of certain fished.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wind, wrap, rope, round, mast.
Brace
noun · 78% connection
A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wind, wrap, rope, round, mast.
Broadcloth
noun · 78% connection
A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men's garments, usually of double width (i.e., a yard and a half); -- so called in distinction fr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wind, wrap, rope, round, mast.
Cleat
noun · 78% connection
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wind, wrap, rope, round, mast.
Clew
noun · 78% connection
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wind, wrap, rope, round, mast.
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: wind, wrap, rope, round, mast.
Fish
noun · 78% connection
A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish, used to strengthen a mast or yard.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wind, wrap, rope, round, mast.
Foot
noun · 78% connection
A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See Yard.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wind, wrap, rope, round, mast.
Fore-topgallant
adjective · 78% connection
Designating the mast, sail, yard, etc., above the topmast; as, the fore-topgallant sail. See Sail.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wind, wrap, rope, round, mast.
Furl
verb · 78% connection
To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or arou…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wind, wrap, rope, round, mast.
Futtock
noun · 78% connection
One of the crooked timbers which are scarfed together to form the lower part of the compound rib of a vessel; one of the crooked trans…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wind, wrap, rope, round, mast.
Grist
noun · 78% connection
In rope making, a given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wind, wrap, rope, round, mast.
Guy
noun · 78% connection
A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wind, wrap, rope, round, mast.
Keel
noun · 78% connection
A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the bottom of a vessel. It is the pri…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wind, wrap, rope, round, mast.
Lift
noun · 78% connection
A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; -- used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wind, wrap, rope, round, mast.
Lugsail
noun · 78% connection
A square sail bent upon a yard that hangs obliquely to the mast and is raised or lowered with the sail.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wind, wrap, rope, round, mast.
Mast
noun · 78% connection
A pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, or spar, set upright in a boat or vessel, to sustain the sails, yards, rigging, etc. A…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wind, wrap, rope, round, mast.
Muffle
verb · 78% connection
To wrap up in something that conceals or protects; to wrap, as the face and neck, in thick and disguising folds; hence, to conceal or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wind, wrap, rope, round, mast.
