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1. capstan n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. A device for hauling up the anchor, etc.; capstan bar, capstan spoke, a capstan bar. …

2. ches-treu n.

Additional spellings: chestreu
3 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. One of two small pieces of timber, perforated to receive the tack of a sail [see quot. 1625 below and quot. 1769 in OD under chesstree]. …

3. pareil n.(2)

25 quotations in 5 senses
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(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……

4. pendaunt n.

48 quotations in 5 senses
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(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……

5. porte-lọ̄f n.

Additional spellings: portelof
6 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. A wooden support for a lof [see lof n.(4)]. …

6. scọ̄te n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. A sheet. …

7. spūchǒur n.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. A wooden vessel for carrying or bailing water, a bailer. …

8. stai n.(1)

15 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. A large rope used to secure the mast of a ship; stai nail, a nail used to secure a stay; stai of thre cordes, a tripartite rope; stai pin, a kind of belaying pin; bak stai [see also bak n. 10.(f……

9. strī̆k(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: strike
30 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A blow or buffet; (b) a flat piece of wood used in leveling grain even with the rim of the measuring vessel, strickle; strik meted, level-measured, measured by strickle [quots. 1454 and 1465 may……

10. talǒun n.

19 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The heel of a person's foot; (b) the hind part of the foot or hoof of an animal; (c) the hind part of an animal's footprint. …

11. trusse n.

37 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A wrapped bundle containing clothing, laundry, etc., a parcel, traveler's pack; also, ?a bolt of cloth, cloth wound and fastened together in a roll [quots. c1436]; in trusse, ?on the bolt; (b) a……

12. verling-līn n.

Additional spellings: verlinglin
2 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. A kind of rope, prob. used to furl sails, a furling-line. …

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