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.
A departure from a cause of action originally in a complaint.
A discrepancy between two legal documents.
An official permit to do something that is ordinarily forbidden by regulations.
The act of varying or the state of being variable.
The state of differing or being in conflict.
The number of degrees of freedom in a system.
Covariance and contravariance generally.
A difference between what is expected and what is observed; deviation.
The second central moment in probability.