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.
An outside piece taken from a log or timber when sawing it into boards, planks, etc.
A poured-concrete foundation for a building.
A car that has been modified with equipment such as loudspeakers, lights, special paint, hydraulics, and other accessories.
A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat.
A very large wave.
The slack part of a sail.
A paving stone; a flagstone.
A large, luxury pre-1980 General Motors vehicle, particularly a Buick, Oldsmobile, or Cadillac.
The amount by which a cache can grow or shrink, used in memory allocation.
A sequence of 12 adjacent bits, serving as a byte in some computers.
A carton containing 24 cans (chiefly of beer).
Part of a tectonic plate that is being, or has been, subducted.
To make something into a slab.