The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems.
A complaint, often a petty or trivial one.
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.
The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.
The lower end of the shank of an anchor, being the same distance on the shank from the throat that the arm measures from the throat to the bill.
A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points.
A tendency.
An inclination in a particular direction.
A fad or fashion style.
To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend.
To cause to turn; to bend.
To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting.
To cleanse or clean (something, usually wool).