Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).
A medicinal plant used to relieve such symptoms.
Severe fussiness and crying, especially of infants with certain medical conditions.
Relating to the colon; colonic.
Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.
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.
The piece of timber that terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
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.