"Squilgee" is a word in ENGLISH
Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a
kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of leather, -- used
for removing superfluous, water or other liquids, as from a vessel's
deck after washing, from window panes, photographer's plates, etc.
Fire burned in her heart, and her wounded soul spread out, casting a shadow like wings across her country.
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A watch, conslst-ing of a small number of men. (from one to four,) kept constantly on deck while the vessel …
Read the complete definitionA double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.
Read the complete definitionA small platform at the fore part of the upper deck of a vessel, which contains the water closets of …
Read the complete definitionA small open vessel, or water-craft, usually moved by oars or rowing. It is commonly distinguished In law from a …
Read the complete definitionA partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on the same deck.
Read the complete definitionAn upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having …
Read the complete definitionA piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.
Read the complete definitionBarriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with …
Read the complete definitionIn yachts and other small vessels, a space lower than the rest of the deck, which affords easy access to …
Read the complete definitionThe floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships …
Read the complete definitionTo furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
Read the complete definitionA vessel which has a deck or decks; -- used esp. in composition; as, a single-decker; a three-decker.
Read the complete definitionA mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck of an …
Read the complete definitionIn merchant vessels, the forward part of the vessel, under the deck, where the sailors live.
Read the complete definitionThat part of the upper deck of a vessel forward of the foremast, or of the after part of the …
Read the complete definitionOriginally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to …
Read the complete definitionA sailing vessel of the 15th and following centuries, often having three or four decks, and used for war or …
Read the complete definitionThat part of the spar deck of a vessel on each side of the booms, from the quarter-deck to the …
Read the complete definitionA fence or rail to prevent falling from the deck of a vessel.
Read the complete definitionAn extension of the deck of a vessel beyond the hull; esp., in side-wheel steam vessels, the framework of strong …
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