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1. † abackstays, adv. View full entry 1630
...In line with the direction of the wind; with sails positioned in this way, thus presenting no surface to the wind....
2. abandon, n.2 View full entry 1614
...The action of abandoning; abandonment, relinquishment; an instance of this....
3. ablatively, adv. View full entry 1653
...Grammar. In the ablative case; as an ablative....
4. † about, v.1 View full entry 1694
...trans. (only with ship as object). To change the course of (a sailing vessel) to the opposite tack; = to put aboutput1. Also fig....
5. accelerator, n. View full entry 1611
...gen. A person who or thing which accelerates something (in speed, rate, amount, or extent, or in time)....
6. accumulator, n. View full entry 1611
...A person who accumulates things, esp. wealth or possessions; an acquisitive person....
7. acoustic, adj. and n. View full entry 1635
...Designating the sense or the organs of hearing; of or relating to the sense of hearing; auditory....
8. admiralcy, n. View full entry 1668
...The office, position, or rank of an admiral. Cf. admiralty2a....
9. admiraless, n. View full entry 1611
...The wife of an admiral. Also: a female admiral....
10. adraw, adv. (and adj.) View full entry 1685
...So as to swell out or draw with the wind (see draw57). Also as : (of a sail) swelling out with the wind, drawing....
11. aerostatic, adj. View full entry 1654
...Science. Of or relating to aerostatics; pneumatic....
12. aerostatical, adj. View full entry 1672
...Science. = aerostatic1....
13. affreighter, n. View full entry 1653
...A person who hires a vessel to transport goods....
14. affreightment, n. View full entry 1664
...The hiring of a vessel for the transportation of goods....
15. afterpiece, n. View full entry 1642
...Any additional item that follows a main work; (Theatre) an additional entertainment, spoken or sung, usually but not invariably comic, intended to be performed after a play or other theatrical...
16. airborne, adj. View full entry 1637
...Carried through the air; (of an aircraft, person, etc.) having left the ground; in flight; (of troops) carried by aircraft....
17. air chamber, n. View full entry 1664
...A chamber or vessel containing air; spec.(in a pump or other hydraulic machine) a receptacle containing air, acting to maintain constant pressure upon the water;a chamber or cavity filled...
18. air vessel, n. View full entry 1671
...A receptacle or structure containing air; esp. an air chamber in a hydraulic pump (cf. air chamber1)....
19. alongships, adv. View full entry 1687
...In line with the length of the ship; in a lengthwise direction; fore and aft. Contrasted with athwart-shipsathwart....
20. alongshore, adv. and adj. View full entry 1684
...orig. Naut. With reference to a stationary offshore object, esp. an anchored vessel: in a position by or parallel to the shore. With reference to an object moving offshore: along...
