A small hold with little surface area.
One who infringes sub-section 1 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1854, applied to a person other than the owner, master, etc., who engages seamen without a license from the Board of Trade.
The natural curliness of wool fibres.
Hair that is shaped so it bends back and forth in many short kinks.
A grip on such a hold.
A fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often with a tool that adds indentations to capture the parts.
An agent who procures seamen, soldiers, etc., especially by decoying, entrapping, impressing, or seducing them.
To gash the flesh, e.g. of a raw fish, to make it crisper when cooked.
To press into small ridges or folds, to pleat, to corrugate.
to hold using a crimp
To bend or mold leather into shape.
To fasten by bending metal so that it squeezes around the parts to be fastened.
To style hair into a crimp, to form hair into tight curls, to make it kinky.
To impress (seamen or soldiers); to entrap, to decoy.
To pinch and hold; to seize.
A small, thin, pointed body part.
The gnomon or pin of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour.
A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art.
A legal or traditional term or formula of words used to address or refer to a person, especially a monarch or a person holding a post or having a title.
A tool with a sharp point used in engraving; a burin, a graver, a stylet, a stylus.
The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower.
A particular manner of acting or behaving; (specifically) one regarded as fashionable or skilful; flair, grace.
A particular way in which one grooms, adorns, dresses, or carries oneself; (specifically) a way thought to be attractive or fashionable.
A visual or other modification to text or other elements of a document, such as boldface or italics.
A sharp stick used for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a stylus; (by extension, obsolete) an instrument used to write with ink; a pen.
A kind of surgical instrument with a blunt point, used for exploration.
A long, slender, bristle-like process near the anal region.
A particular manner of expression in writing or speech, especially one regarded as good.
A set of rules regarding the presentation of text (spelling, typography, the citation of references, etc.) and illustrations that is applied by a publisher to the works it produces.
To create for, or give to, someone a style, fashion, or image, particularly one which is regarded as attractive, tasteful, or trendy.
To act in a way which seeks to show that one possesses style.
To call or give a name or title to.
To design, fashion, make, or arrange in a certain way or form (style)