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Word Meanings - JACKSTAY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened.

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  • ALONGSIDE
    Along or by the side; side by side with; -- often with of; as, bring the boat alongside; alongside of him; alongside of the tree.
  • FASTENER
    One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • WHICH
    the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
  • VESSELFUL
    As much as a vessel will hold; enough to fill a vessel.
  • STRETCHING
    from Stretch, v. Stretching course , a course or series of stretchers. See Stretcher, 2. Britton.
  • STRETCH
    OHG. strecchen, Sw. sträcka, Dan. strække; cf. AS. stræck, strec, strong, violent, G. strack straight; of uncertain origin, perhaps 1. To reach out; to extend; to put forth. And stretch forth his neck long and small. Chaucer. I in
  • STRETCHER
    A brick or stone laid with its longer dimension in the line of direction of the wall. Gwilt. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, stretches.
  • FASTENING
    Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc.
  • ALONGSHORE
    Along the shore or coast.
  • ALONG
    and- (akin to OFris. ond-, OHG. ant-, Ger. ent-, Goth. and-, anda-, 1. By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise. Some laid along . . . on spokes of wheels are hung. Dryden. 2. In a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward.
  • ALONGST
    Along.
  • ALONGSHOREMAN
    See LONGSHOREMAN
  • VESSEL
    Any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc. (more info) vascellum, dim. of vasculum, dim. of vas a vessel. Cf. Vascular, 1. A hollow or concave utensil for
  • FASTEN
    Etym: 1. To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window. 2. To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to
  • KALONG
    A fruit bat, esp. the Indian edible fruit bat (Pteropus edulis).
  • UNFASTEN
    To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie.
  • AIR VESSEL
    A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel of a pump, engine, etc. For the latter, see Air chamber. The air vessels of insects are called tracheæ, of plants spiral
  • COPPER-FASTENED
    Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship.
  • DEWAR VESSEL
    A double-walled glass vessel for holding liquid air, etc., having the space between the walls exhausted so as to prevent conduction of heat, and sometimes having the glass silvered to prevent absorption of radiant heat; -- called also, according
  • REFASTEN
    To fasten again.
  • FAR-STRETCHED; FARSTRETCHED
    Stretched beyond ordinary limits.
  • ALALONGA; ALILONGHI
    The tunny. See Albicore.
  • FAR-STRETCHED
    Stretched beyond ordinary limits.
  • BLOOD VESSEL
    Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein.

 

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