An outer framework of timber, enclosing something within it.
The catcher's wire mask.
A regular graph that has as few vertices as possible for its girth.
In killer sudoku puzzles, an irregularly-shaped group of cells that must contain a set of unique digits adding up to a certain total, in addition to the usual constraints of sudoku.
An automobile.
The area from which competitors throw a discus or hammer.
The passenger compartment of a lift.
The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
Something that hinders freedom.
The goal.
An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.
A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, such as a ball valve.
A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.
To immobilize an artificial horizon.
To restrict someone's movement or creativity.
To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.
To track individual responses to direct mail, either (advertising) to maintain and develop mailing lists or (politics) to identify people who are not eligible to vote because they do not reside at the registered addresses.
The piece of timber that terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems.
A complaint, often a petty or trivial one.
The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.
An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted.
To suffer griping pains.
To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.
To annoy or bother.
To complain; to whine.