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.
A piece of timber used in building.
One who, or that which, stretches.
One of the rods in an umbrella, attached at one end to one of the ribs, and at the other to the tube sliding upon the handle.
A simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person.
A frame on which a canvas is stretched for painting.
A lie; an overstretching of the truth.
A board against which a rower places his feet.
A device to stretch shoes or gloves.
A brick laid with the longest side exposed (compare header).
To carry (an injured person) on a stretcher.