A complaint, often a petty or trivial one.
A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems.
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.
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.
Part of a pleading in cases of libel and slander, pointing out what and who was meant by the libellous matter or description.
She made a devious innuendo about her husband, who was embarrassed.
A derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing. An implication, intimation or insinuation.
A rhetorical device with an omitted, but obvious conclusion, made to increase the force of an argument.
To interpret (something libellous or slanderous) in terms of what was implied.