(a) A border, edge; (b) a band or thread woven in fabric to mark the end of a piece of cloth; (c) naut. a kind of rope. …

Naut. (a) A spar holding out and down the windward tack of a square sail while going into the wind; wenden (turnen) lof, to change course; also fig.; lof shete, a line attached to the lof [cp. quot……

(a) Outstanding or noteworthy for largeness of size; (b) unusual, rare; (c) most important, chief, principal; main fold, high water. …

(a) Companion, friend, comrade; (b) fellow, creature; (c) naut. designating various crew members or officers of a ship: the mate of a ship; a bosun's mate; ?also, a shipmate, sailor. …

(a) A mat made of rushes, straw, etc., used on the floor or as a seat cover; (b) a pad or underlay for a bed; ?also, bedcover, quilt; (c) a piece of coarse fabric or matting; naut. ?piece of coarse……

Naut. Small line of two strands, used for seizings; marline. …

Naut. A forked support on which a mast rests when lowered; mike hok = mike. …

(a) A sewing needle; ?also, a pointed instrument, style [quot.: (c1392) 30/8]; seuinge nedle; (b) surg. any one of various kinds of needle used in surgical procedures, a surgical needle [not always……

(a) The northern cardinal point or its direction; aye(nes (into, til, to, toward) the north, o north, to the north; haven ani part of the north, of the wind: to blow from any northerly direction; (b)……

(a) With reference to motion, direction, or extent: to the north; northward; right(es north, due north; west and north, toward the northwest, bothe south and north, both from the south and from the……

Naut. A spar attached to the poop and used in hauling down the mizzen-sheet. …

Naut. Some kind of covering or wrapper. …

(a) Furnishing, accoutrements; a decorative cloth (for an altar); (b) naut. equipment belonging to a boat; rigging; (c) Naut. A rope or chain used to fasten a yard to a mast, a parrel; pareil rop, a……

Naut. A framework of timber used to support the mast of a ship. …

Naut. The hook on a rope that holds the anchor at the ship's side. …

(a) The hanging end of a belt, girdle, or garter, often richly ornamented; also, the ornament itself; (b) a pendent ornament hanging from a poitrel or from a knight's accouterments; gore pendaunt, a……

Naut. A person familiar with shoals, channels, etc. and charged with guiding a boat or ship, navigator, pilot. …

(a) Flat, even, smooth, having low relief; level, not inclined or sloped; plat sword, a sword turned so as to strike with the flat; as plat a cake, flat as a pancake; plat fet, smooth, well-formed……

Naut. A wooden support for a lof [see lof n.(4)]. …

(a) A mechanical device consisting of a wheel or sheave fixed to a revolving axle or carried freely on a stationary one, round which a rope is wound, used for pulling or raising a weight; -- also……