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1. address, n. View full entry 1477
...Guidance; aid. Cf. address9. Obs....
2. approach, n. View full entry 1489
...The act of coming nearer (relatively), or of drawing near (absolutely), in space....
3. bark | barque, n.2 View full entry 1477
...A small ship; in earlier times, a general term for all sailing vessels of small size, e.g. fishing-smacks, xebecs, pinnaces; in modern use, applied poetically or rhetorically to any sailing...
4. bestowed, adj. View full entry 1484
...Placed, located; employed, applied, given; often with qualifying adv., as well-bestowed, ill-bestowed....
5. conductor, n. View full entry 1481
...One who leads, guides, or escorts; a leader, guide (lit. and fig.)....
6. cordage, n. View full entry 1490
...Cords or ropes collectively or in the mass, esp. the ropes in the rigging of a ship....
7. † corˈdaille, n. View full entry 1484
...Cordage; tackling of a ship....
8. disanchor, v. View full entry 1477
...trans. To loosen (a ship) from its anchorage; to weigh the anchor of....
9. dormitory, n. View full entry 1485
...A sleeping-chamber; spec. a room containing a number of beds, or a gallery or building divided into cells or chambers each having a bed or beds in it, for the...
10. droit, n.1 View full entry 1480
...A right; a legal claim to what is one's due; hence, that to which one has a legal claim; a due; pl. dues, duties, perquisites due by legal right....
11. establishment, n. View full entry 1481
...The action of establishing; the fact of being established: in various senses of the vb....
12. ˈflying ˈbridge, n. View full entry 1489
...Used by Caxton to render French pont-levis (draw-bridge)....
13. † foist | fust, n.1 View full entry 1485
...A light galley; a vessel propelled both by sails and oars. Cf. felucca...
14. foraging, n. View full entry 1481
...The action of forage in various senses....
15. fore, adj. View full entry 1490
...Situated or appearing in front, or in front of something else; usually with an opposition expressed or implied to back, hind-....
16. ˈforecastle, n. View full entry 1490
...Naut. A short raised deck at the fore end of a vessel. In early use raised like a castle to command the enemy's decks. Obs. exc. arch....
17. fore-foot, n. View full entry 1481
...One of the front feet of a quadruped....
18. fortification, n. View full entry 1489
...Strengthening, corroboration, ratification....
19. government, n. View full entry 1484
...The action of governing (see senses of the vb.)....
20. hoise, v. View full entry 1490
...trans. To raise aloft by means of a rope or pulley and tackle, or by other mechanical appliance....
