sheet
weigh anchor
weigh the anchor
close-hauled
cunningham
reef
batten
boatrope
bolt rope
trim
pull in
brail
boottopping
sailyarn
Bermudian rig
Bermudan rig
Marconi rig
Bermuda rig
clew
broadseam
sheetsman
up sticks
deck
headrope
whelp
sail-plan
cant
sailcloth
canvass
canvas
yard
sail
Irish reef
spreader
fife rail
mule
topgallant
top
footrope
bowsprit
slab
fill
mast
turtleback
intercostal
sailmaking
knockdown
leech
Spanish reef
trimmer
codline
backstay
spritsail
deckhand
draw
daggerboard
stemson
foretack
bellyband
decking
skeg
tailer
outhaul
ship-rigged
spill
shole
baggywrinkle
fore-and-after
spinnaker
rig
lifeline
foredeck
stretch
ratch
square rig
royal
gybe
flat
bimini
caulk
cast
smack
kevil
gallows-bitts
cuttyhunk
rap-full
ledge
bonnet
drift sail
close-hauled
ship-rigged
rap-full
trim
flat
cunningham
reef
batten
boatrope
bolt rope
brail
boottopping
sailyarn
Bermudian rig
Bermudan rig
Marconi rig
Bermuda rig
clew
broadseam
sheetsman
headrope
whelp
sail-plan
cant
sheet
sailcloth
canvass
canvas
yard
sail
Irish reef
spreader
fife rail
mule
topgallant
top
footrope
bowsprit
slab
mast
turtleback
intercostal
sailmaking
knockdown
leech
Spanish reef
trimmer
codline
backstay
spritsail
daggerboard
stemson
foretack
bellyband
decking
skeg
tailer
outhaul
shole
baggywrinkle
fore-and-after
spinnaker
rig
lifeline
foredeck
square rig
royal
bimini
smack
kevil
gallows-bitts
cuttyhunk
ledge
bonnet
drift sail
sheet
weigh anchor
weigh the anchor
reef
pull in
up sticks
deck
fill
deckhand
draw
spill
trim
stretch
ratch
rig
gybe
caulk
cast
verb
- To trim a sail using a sheet.
- To form into sheets.
- Of rain, or other precipitation, to pour heavily.
- To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.
noun
- A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
- A layer of veneer.
- A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc.
- A sail.
- A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
- A thin, flat layer of solid material.
- The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.
- Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.
- A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
- A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface.
- An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
- The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.
noun
- A long strip of wood, metal, fibreglass etc., used for various purposes aboard ship, especially one inserted in a pocket sewn on the sail in order to keep the sail flat.
- A thin strip of wood used in construction to hold members of a structure together or to provide a fixing point.
- The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.
- In stagecraft, a long pipe, usually metal, affixed to the ceiling or fly system in a theater.
verb
- To furnish with battens.
- To fasten or secure a hatch etc using battens.
- To thrive by feeding; grow fat; feed oneself gluttonously.
- To fertilize or enrich, as land.
- To improve by feeding; fatten; make fat or cause to thrive due to plenteous feeding.
- To thrive, prosper, or live in luxury, especially at the expense of others; fare sumptuously.
- To gratify a morbid appetite or craving; gloat.
- To feed (on); to revel (in).
- To become better; improve in condition, especially by feeding.
adv
verb
- To modify the angle relative to the water by shifting cargo or ballast; to adjust for sailing; to assume, or cause to assume a certain position, or trim, in the water.
- To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.
- To modify the angle (of the sails) relative to the wind, especially to set them at the most advantageous angle.
- To adjust the positions of control surfaces, sometimes using trim tabs, so as to modify or eliminate the aircraft's tendency to pitch, roll, or yaw when the cockpit controls are released.
- To decorate or adorn; especially of a Christmas tree.
- To cut back the wick of (a lamp) to maintain a clean, bright flame.
- To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
- To dress; to make smooth.
- To change the carbon rods of (an arc lamp).
noun
- The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast; the manner in which a vessel floats on the water, whether on an even keel or down by the head or stern.
- Dress; gear; ornaments.
- The mechanism(s) used to trim an aircraft in roll, pitch, and/or yaw.
- The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.
- A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style.
- Sexual intercourse.
- Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.
- The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.
- The state of adjustment of control surfaces such that the desired attitude can be maintained without requiring the continuous application of force to the cockpit controls.
adj
verb
noun
- The sheets so attached to a sail.
- Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.
- The cords suspending a hammock.
- The lower corner(s) of a sail to which a sheet is attached for trimming the sail (adjusting its position relative to the wind); the metal loop or cringle in the corner of the sail, to which the sheet is attached. (on a triangular sail) The trailing corner relative to the wind direction.
verb
verb
- To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
- To dress (someone) up, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance.
- To knock someone to the floor, especially with a single punch.
- To cause a player to run out of cards to draw, usually making them lose the game.
- To decorate (something).
- To cover; to overspread.
noun
- A folded paper used for distributing illicit drugs.
- A set of slides for a presentation.
- A set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing.
- The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.
- Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
- A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane.
- A pack or set of playing cards.
- A headline consisting of one or more actual lines of text.
- The floor.
- The stage.
noun
- One of several wooden strips to prevent wear on a windlass on a clipper-era ship.
- An insolent youth; a mere child.
- A young offspring of a canid (ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.
- A tooth on a sprocket wheel (compare sprocket and cog).
verb
noun
- A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.
- An outer or external angle.
- A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name (or, less often, some attribute or function) of the bearer, canting arms.
- Slope, the angle at which something is set.
- A corner (of a building).
- A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
- Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.
- A movement or throw that overturns something.
- A parcel, a division.
- A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.
- A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.
- An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
- Empty, hypocritical talk.
- An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt.
- A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so given.
- An unfinished log after preliminary cutting.
- A segment of the rim of a wooden cogwheel.
adj
verb
- To give a sudden turn or new direction to.
- To talk, beg, or preach in a singsong or whining fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.
- To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.
- To speak in set phrases.
- To set (something) at an angle.
- To bevel an edge or corner.
- Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
- To overturn so that the contents are emptied.
noun
- a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
- the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account
- an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
- a tent made of canvas fabric
- an oil painting on canvas fabric
- the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
- a heavy, closely woven fabric
verb
noun
- a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
- a heavy, closely woven fabric
- an oil painting on canvas fabric
- the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account
- a tent made of canvas fabric
- the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
verb
noun
- a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
- a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
- the enclosed land around a house or other building
- a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)
- the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
- a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
- a tract of land where logs are accumulated
- an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
- an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
noun
- A horizontal athwartships spar attached to the mast of a sailboat in order to extend the shrouds away from the mast.
- An object or person who spreads.
- A knife or spatula used to distribute a substance such as butter or jelly.
- A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning.
- A member of a cracking group who distributes warez.
- The moving platform of a container crane.
- A spacer or device for keeping two objects apart.
- A device used to spread bulk material.
noun
- A kind of triangular sail for a yacht.
- The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
- A coin or medal minted with obverse and reverse designs not normally seen on the same piece, either intentionally or in error.
- Any of a group of cocktails involving ginger ale or ginger beer, citrus juice, and various liquors.
- The generally sterile hybrid offspring of any two species of animals.
- A stubborn person.
- A kind of cotton-spinning machine.
- A shoe that has no fitting or strap around the heel, but which covers the foot.
- A MMORPG character, or NPC companion in a tabletop RPG, used mainly to store extra inventory for the owner's primary character.
- A person paid to smuggle drugs.
verb
noun
- A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached.
- A garment worn to cover the torso.
- A stroke on the top of the ball.
- The highest or uppermost part of something.
- A top quark.
- A lid, cap or cover of a container.
- A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.
- the part of something that is usually the top.
- The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats.
- A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top; topspin
- (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified number of people eating at a restaurant.
- A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.
- A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.
- The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
- Highest pitch or loudest volume.
- The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
- Oral stimulation of the male member, a blowjob.
- The uppermost part of a page, picture, viewing screen, etc.
- The near end of somewhere
- A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
- A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
- The highest rank; the most honourable position; the utmost attainable place.
verb
- To anally penetrate in gay sex.
- To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
- To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way.
- To commit suicide.
- To excel, to surpass, to beat, to exceed.
- To murder.
- To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
- To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
- To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)
- To cover on the top or with a top.
- To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.
- To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
- To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
- To cover with another dye.
- To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.
adv
adj
noun
- The slack part of a sail.
- A poured-concrete foundation for a building.
- A car that has been modified with equipment such as loudspeakers, lights, special paint, hydraulics, and other accessories.
- A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat.
- A very large wave.
- A paving stone; a flagstone.
- A large, luxury pre-1980 General Motors vehicle, particularly a Buick, Oldsmobile, or Cadillac.
- The amount by which a cache can grow or shrink, used in memory allocation.
- An outside piece taken from a log or timber when sawing it into boards, planks, etc.
- A sequence of 12 adjacent bits, serving as a byte in some computers.
- A carton containing 24 cans (chiefly of beer).
- Part of a tectonic plate that is being, or has been, subducted.
verb
verb
- To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
- To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
- To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement).
- To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
- To become full.
- To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
- To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
- To enter (something), making it full.
- To occupy fully, to take up all of.
- To become pervaded with something.
- To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
noun
- An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.
- Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.
- An amount that fills a container.
- A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody.
- The filling of a container or area.
- A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
- Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
- bass fill
- One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.
noun
- A convex deck at the bow or stern of a vessel, designed to shed seawater quickly.
- An armor layout with an armored deck which slopes downwards towards the sides of the ship and connects to the lower edge of the main belt armor, designed to deflect shells striking the ship on trajectories close to horizontal.
- A primitive stone celt of a form suggesting the back of a turtle.
- Anything having the shape of a turtle's back (that is, its shell).
- A library binding of a mass market paperback with a generic hardcover.
- Any plant of the genus Psathyrotes of annual and perennial forbs and low subshrubs native to dry areas of southwestern North America.
noun
- The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface.
- An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down.
- A shelter erected for use as a temporary dressing room.
- A collection of parts required to assemble a product, typically manufactured in one region and exported elsewhere for assembly.
- a short pass played downwards, for example from the head onto someone's feet.
- A genetically modified organism that carries one or more genes in its chromosomes that have been made less active or had their expression reduced.
- The use of a reagent such as an oligonucleotide with sequence complementary to an active gene or its mRNA transcript, to interfere with the expression of said gene.
- An overwhelming blow.
adj
- To be formed into a head by upsetting in fastening.
- reduced in price, originally to a price below which an article would not be sold by the auctioneer
- powerful enough to overwhelm or knock down
- Capable of being taken apart for packing or removal.
verb
noun
- A member of the crew who trims the sails.
- One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.
- A device used to trim.
- A person employed to rearrange the coal in the hold of a vessel, so that it fills the vessel without forming a conical blockage.
- Someone who fluctuates between opposing factions, political parties etc., according to current interest, a flip-flopper.
- A device for storing coal in gradually increasing piles made by building up at the point of the cone or top of the prism.
- A beam into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys.
- A float bearing a baited hook and line, used in fishing for pike.
noun
- A part of the rigging of a sailing ship extending from masthead the top of the mast to the back of the ship; they support the strain on all upper masts and provide additional support to the shrouds when the wind is abaft the beam.
- A strengthening or supporting piece that is built into the back of something.
verb
- Of a sail, to fill with wind.
- To take (air, smoke etc.) into the lungs; to inhale.
- To provoke or attract (a particular response or reaction).
- To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
- To take (water) from a well or other source.
- To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball.
- To receive (a salary); to withdraw (money) from a bank etc.
- To elicit information from (someone); to induce (a person) to speak on some subject. (Now frequently in passive.)
- To pull out, unsheathe (a sword, firearm etc.).
- To make (wire) by pulling it through an aperture; to stretch (metal) into a wire.
- To move steadily in a particular direction or into a specific position.
- To extract (a tooth).
- To take or be dealt a playing card from the deck. See also draw out.
- To pull (something) in a particular manner or direction.
- To call forth (something) from a person, to elicit.
- To take or be dealt (a card) from the deck; to have (a particular hand) as a result of this.
- To make a shot that lands gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones.
- To attract (something) by means of a physical force, especially magnetism or gravity; (figurative) to act as an inducement or enticement.
- To come to, towards (a particular moment in time); to approach (a time).
- To produce (a shape, figure, picture etc.) with pencil, crayon, chalk, or other implement.
- To cause (someone) to come to a particular place, condition, or course of action; to attract (a person).
- To conduct (a lottery); to select (the numbers) for a lottery; to win (a prize) in a lottery.
- To depict (something) linguistically; to portray in words.
- To produce a visual representation of (a person or thing) by lines and marks with pencil, pen, paints etc.
- To drag (a person, thing, or part of the body), especially along the ground.
- To move (a part of one's body) in a particular direction.
- To stretch or elongate.
- To deduce or infer (a conclusion); to make (a deduction).
- To draw up, compose (a document).
- To have a draught; to allow air to be passed through in order to allow for combustion.
- To induce (the mind, eyes, attention etc.) to be directed at or focused on something.
- To cause (something); to bring (something) about as a consequence.
- To become contracted; to shrink.
- To pull (a curtain, blinds etc.) open or closed.
- To assume a specific position or attitude.
- To require (a depth of water) for floating.
- To pull back (the string of a bow) in preparation for shooting.
- To pull (one's face, features) out of shape, from emotion etc.
- To select (an item) at random to decide which of a group of people will receive or undergo something; to select (a person) by this process.
- To disembowel (someone); to remove the viscera from (an animal), especially before cooking.
- To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
- To steep; to leave (tea) temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase.
- To run (a bath).
- To produce an image of something by artistic means; to make drawings.
- To pull (a belt or other item) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely.
- To take (something) from a particular source, especially of information; to derive.
- To pull (a plough, vehicle etc.); to cause (something) to move forwards by pulling it.
- To extract (juice, fluids etc.) from something by pressure, osmosis or similar.
- To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket.
- To consume (power).
noun
- A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
- The act of drawing.
- The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
- Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
- Cannabis.
- The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
- The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
- A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
- A bag of cannabis.
- Draft in the sense of the flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.
- The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).
- A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
- In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
- A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
- The result of a contest that neither side has won; a tie.
noun
- A band of canvas used to strengthen a sail.
- A strap around the belly of a horse or other draft animal used to secure a saddle or the shafts of a cart.
- A band worn by babies to protect the navel.
- A type of dust jacket that covers only a portion of a book.
- A band worn by expectant mothers to constrict and support the fetus.
- A haramaki: a band of cloth worn around the abdomen to preserve stomach qi and boost circulation.
verb
- reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)
- cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
- flow, run or fall out and become lost
- cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
- pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities
- reveal information
noun
noun
- The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
- Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
- An imperfectly castrated horse, sheep etc.
- A model outfitted with parameterized controls for animation.
- Radio equipment, especially a citizen's band transceiver.
- A costume or an outfit.
- A ridge.
- A promiscuous woman.
- An algebraic structure similar to a ring, but without the requirement that every element have an additive inverse.
- The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
- A large truck such as a semi-trailer truck.
- A personal computer, typically one modified for looks.
verb
- To equip and fit (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
- To move (a heavy object) with the help of slings, hoists, block and tackle, levers, or similar equipment.
- To dress or clothe in some costume.
- To make or construct something in haste or in a makeshift manner.
- To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.
- To outfit a model with controls for animation.
noun
- On the deck of a boat, a line to which one can attach oneself to stay aboard on rough seas.
- A particular crease in the palm.
- A line from the diver to a tender at the surface control point.
- A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling.
- A means or route for transporting indispensable supplies.
- System or structure of vital importance to a community.
- A source of salvation in a crisis.
verb
- To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
- To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
- To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.
- To lengthen when pulled.
- To lengthen by pulling.
- To pull tight.
- To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles
- To extend to a limit point
- To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
- To increase.
- To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.
noun
- The ability to lengthen when pulled.
- An act of stretching.
- A jail or prison term.
- Term of address for a tall person.
- A segment of a journey or route.
- A length of time.
- Extended daylight hours, especially said of the evening in springtime when compared to the shorter winter days.
- The period of the season between the trade deadline and the beginning of the playoffs.
- A stretch limousine.
- The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish.
- A jail or prison term of one year's duration.
- A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.
- A segment or length of material.
- A long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman in order to catch the ball sooner.
- A single uninterrupted sitting; a turn.
- A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.
noun
- In large sailing ships, square sail over the topgallant sail.
- A tuft of beard on the lower lip.
- A small mortar.
- Bell changes rung on ten bells.
- The fourth tine of an antler's beam.
- An old English gold coin, the rial.
- A standard size of writing paper, measuring 24 by 19 inches.
- In auction bridge, a royal spade.
- A standard size of printing paper, measuring 25 by 20 inches.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies.
- A stag with twelve points (six on each antler).
- A royal person; a member of a royal family.
adj
- Used as an intensifier.
- Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; illustrious; magnanimous; of more than common size or excellence.
- Of or relating to a monarch or their family.
- In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.
- Free-for-all, especially involving multiple combatants.
verb
- To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other, while sailing before the wind.
- Of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom: to shift, often forcefully and suddenly, from one side of a sailing vessel to the other.
- Generally of a small sailing vessel: to change tack with the wind crossing behind the vessel.
noun
- A sudden shift of a sail's angle, or a sudden change in the direction that a vessel is sailing in.
- A manoeuvre in which the stern of a sailing vessel crosses the wind, typically resulting in the forceful and sudden sweep of the boom from one side of the vessel to the other.
- A sudden change in approach or direction; vacillation.
adv
adj
- having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
- having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
- not modified or restricted by reservations
- stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
- flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
- lacking taste or flavor or tang
- lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
- having lost effervescence
- sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
- horizontally level
- lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
- not reflecting light; not glossy
- commercially inactive
adj
- lacking contrast or shading between tones
- (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
noun
- a level tract of land
- a shallow box in which seedlings are started
- a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
- freight car without permanent sides or roof
- a deflated pneumatic tire
- scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
- a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
verb
- To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round.
- To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.
- To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.
- Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
- To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.
- To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat.
- To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
- To throw.
- To throw down or aside.
- To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
- To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.).
- To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
- To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
- To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television.
- To remove, take off (clothes).
- To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
- To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
- To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
- To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
- To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
- To assign (a role in a play or performance).
- To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).
- To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
noun
- Visual appearance.
- An object made in a mould.
- A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
- A squint.
- Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
- The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
- The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
- A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
- The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
- Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
- The casting procedure.
- The mould used to make cast objects.
- A group of crabs.
- An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
- An act of throwing.
adj
noun
- a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast
- a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- street names for heroin
- an enthusiastic kiss
- the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
verb
- deliver a hard blow to
- have an element suggestive (of something)
- have a distinctive or characteristic taste
- kiss lightly
- press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating
adv
noun
- A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams.
- A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.
- A provincial or territorial legislative assembly.
- A cornice.
- A (door or window) lintel.
- A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral.
- A provincial or territorial legislature building.
- A layer or stratum.
- A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery.
verb
noun
- A length of canvas attached to a fore-and-aft sail to increase the pulling power.
- A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught of a chimney, etc.
- The second stomach of a ruminant.
- A ducat, an old Scottish coin worth 40 shillings.
- A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft.
- A traditional Scottish woollen brimless cap; a bunnet.
- A small defence work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part from enfilade fire.
- A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks.
- In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers.
- A mushroom of the genus Mycena.
- A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin.
- The polishing head of a power buffer, often made of wool.
- The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car; a hood.
verb
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