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Shrouding :: Shrouding (n.) The shrouds. See Shroud, n., 7..

Crosstrees :: Crosstrees (n. pl.) Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large vessels, they support a semicircular platform called the top..

Mizzen :: Mizzen (a.) Hindmost; nearest the stern; as, the mizzen shrouds, sails, etc..

Enshroud :: Enshroud (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a shroud; to shroud..

Chrisom :: Chrisom (n.) A child which died within a month after its baptism; -- so called from the chrisom cloth which was used as a shroud for it.

Cerement :: Cerement (n.) Any shroud or wrapping for the dead.

Weather :: Weather (a.) Being toward the wind, or windward -- opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc..

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment..

Shrouded :: Shrouded (a.) Provided with a shroud or shrouds.

Disenshrouded :: Disenshrouded (a.) Freed from a shroudlike covering; unveiled.

Scotchman :: Scotchman (n.) A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear.

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt..

Shroud :: Shroud (v. t.) To lop. See Shrood.

Collar :: Collar (n.) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured..

Black :: Black (a.) In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds..

Beshroud :: Beshroud (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a shroud; to screen..

Shroudless :: Shroudless (a.) Without a shroud.

Shrouding :: Shrouding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shrou.

Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood..

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) To cover with a shroud; especially, to inclose in a winding sheet; to dress for the grave..

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