An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted.
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.
Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.
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.
A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.
The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
A long, thin strip from a vegetable.
The sprout of a plant, stalk
In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.
A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.
The feather of a horse.
To penetrate or strike with, or as if with, any long narrow object; to make a thrusting motion that catches an object on the tip of a long device.
To pierce with a spear.
To tackle an opponent by ramming into them with one's helmet.
To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.
Pertaining to male family members.
Male.