snout vs topside

snout

noun
  • The front of the prow of a ship or boat. 

  • The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; a rostrum. 

  • The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc. 

  • The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs. 

  • Tobacco; cigarettes. 

  • The terminus of a glacier. 

  • A butterfly in the nymphalid subfamily Libytheinae, notable for the snout-like elongation on their heads. 

  • A person's nose. 

  • A police informer. 

  • The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles; a rostrum. 

verb
  • To furnish with a nozzle or point. 

topside

noun
  • The surface of a ship’s hull that is above the water line. 

  • The structure and assembly of modules above the jacket or gravity base sub structure. 

  • The outer side of a round of beef. 

  • The structure and assembly of modules on the deck of any floating installation. 

  • The side or part of something that is at the top. 

adv
  • Abovedeck, such as on the weather deck or bridge. 

adj
  • Abovedeck, such as on the weather deck or bridge. 

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