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1. accelerator, n. View full entry 1611
...gen. A person who or thing which accelerates something (in speed, rate, amount, or extent, or in time)....
2. accumulator, n. View full entry 1611
...A person who accumulates things, esp. wealth or possessions; an acquisitive person....
3. admiraless, n. View full entry 1611
...The wife of an admiral. Also: a female admiral....
4. anchored, adj. View full entry 1611
...With the anchor let down to the ground....
5. a-try, adv. View full entry 1611
...Of a ship in a gale: Kept by a judicious balance of canvas with her bows to the sea....
6. boatage, n. View full entry 1611
...Carriage or transportation by boat; (also) a charge or levy paid on such carriage....
7. bulging, n. View full entry 1611
...The staving in of the bottom or sides of a ship. Obs....
8. bunt, v.1 View full entry 1611
...trans. ‘To haul up the middle part of (a sail) in furling’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.)....
9. carling | carline, n.1 View full entry 1611
...Naut. One of the pieces of timber about 5 inches square in section, lying fore and aft under the deck of a ship, with their ends let culvertail-wise into the beams....
10. ˈchain-wale, n. View full entry 1611
...A strong piece of timber secured outside the ship's side, almost abreast but somewhat behind the mast, whose lower shrouds it serves to extend and secure; now usually corrupted into channel...
11. chase, n.3 View full entry 1611
...The hollow furrow or ‘gutter’ on a cross-bow wherein the arrow lies. Obs....
12. ciphered, adj. View full entry 1611
...Written in cipher....
13. coaming, n. View full entry 1611
...In pl.: The raised borders about the edge of the hatches and scuttles of a ship, which prevent water on deck from running below....
14. † ˈcoursy | ˈcoursey, n. View full entry 1611
...A raised passage from prow to poop of a galley over the rowing benches....
15. dale, n.3 View full entry 1611
...A wooden tube or trough for carrying off water, as from a ship's pump; a pump-dale....
16. demonstrator, n. View full entry 1611
...One who or that which demonstrates, points out, or proves....
17. district, n. View full entry 1611
...Law. The territory under the jurisdiction of a feudal lord. Obs....
18. ferrule, n. View full entry 1611
...A ring or cap of metal put round the end of a stick, tube, etc. to strengthen it, or prevent splitting and wearing....
19. flasher, n. View full entry 1611
...One who splashes water. Obs....
20. fore-body, n. View full entry 1611
...The front part of a dress. Obs....
