To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
To stoop.
To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
To cause to change direction.
To change direction.
To force to submit.
To submit.
To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
To apply to a task or purpose.
To become curved.
To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
To be inclined; to direct itself.
To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
To swing the body when rowing.
The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them.
Hard, indurated clay; bind.
In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt; sometimes, half a butt cut lengthwise.
A curve.
The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides.
Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.
A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.
A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another.
To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to.
To use a shoehorn.
To force some current event into alignment with some (usually unconnected) agenda, especially when it is fallacious.
A smooth tool that assists in putting the foot into a shoe, by sliding the heel in after the toe is in place. This reduces discomfort and damage to the back of the shoe. By slipping it into the back of the shoe behind the heel, the user prevents the heel from squashing down the back of the shoe and causing difficulty; instead the heel slides down the smooth shoehorn, which then comes out easily once the foot is in place.
Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium.