Word Meanings - FORE-TOPGALLANT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Designating the mast, sail, yard, etc., above the topmast; as, the fore-topgallant sail. See Sail.

Related words: (words related to FORE-TOPGALLANT)

• DESIGNATE
  Designated; appointed; chosen. Sir G. Buck.
• ABOVEBOARD
  Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. "Fair and aboveboard." Burke. Note: This expression is said by Johnson to have been borrowed from gamesters, who, when they change their cards, put their hands
• DESIGNATOR
  An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies. 2. One who designates.
• DESIGNATIVE
  Serving to designate or indicate; pointing out.
• ABOVESAID
  Mentioned or recited before.
• ABOVE-MENTIONED; ABOVE-NAMED
  Mentioned or named before; aforesaid.
• TOPGALLANT
  Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast; designatb, or pertaining to, the third spars in order from the deck; as, the topgallant mast, yards, braces, and the like. See Illustration of Ship. 2. Fig.: Highest; elevated; splendid. "The
• TOPMAST
  The second mast, or that which is next above the lower mast, and below the topgallant mast.
• ABOVEDECK
  On deck; and hence, like aboveboard, without artifice. Smart.
• DESIGNATORY
  Serving to designate; designative; indicating.
• DESIGNATION
  1. The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication. 2. Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction. 3. That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation. The usual designation of
• ABOVE-CITED
  Cited before, in the preceding part of a book or writing.
• ABOVE
  1. In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; -- opposed to below or beneath. Fowl that may fly above the earth. Gen. i. 20. 2. Figuratively, higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; beyond; higher in
• FORE-TOPMAST
  The mast erected at the head of the foremast, and at the head of which stands the fore-topgallant mast. See Ship.
• PREDESIGNATE
  A term used by Sir William Hamilton to define propositions having their quantity indicated by a verbal sign; as, all, none, etc.; -- contrasted with preindesignate, defining propositions of which the quantity is not so indicated.
• PREINDESIGNATE
  Having no sign expressive of quantity; indefinite. See Predesignate.
• FORE-TOPGALLANT
  Designating the mast, sail, yard, etc., above the topmast; as, the fore-topgallant sail. See Sail.