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Sloop :: Sloop (n.) A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidly approximated since 1880. One radical distinction is that a slop may carry a centerboard. See

Stem :: Stem (n.) A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end. Hence, the forward part of a vessel; the bow..

Bowknot :: Bowknot (n.) A knot in which a portion of the string is drawn through in the form of a loop or bow, so as to be readily untied..

Bower :: Bower (v. t.) To embower; to inclose.

Pipe :: Pipe (n.) A small bowl with a hollow steam, -- used in smoking tobacco, and, sometimes, other substances..

Melaena :: Melaena (n.) A discharge from the bowels of black matter, consisting of altered blood..

Fiddle :: Fiddle (n.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit.

Red :: Red (superl.) Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part..

Palette :: Palette (n.) One of the plates covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.

Constipation :: Constipation (n.) A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faeces; costiveness..

Chibouk :: Chibouk (n.) A Turkish pipe, usually with a mouthpiece of amber, a stem, four or five feet long and not pliant, of some valuable wood, and a bowl of baked clay..

Bowenite :: Bowenite (n.) A hard, compact variety of serpentine found in Rhode Island. It is of a light green color and resembles jade..

Bow Oar :: Bow oar () One who rows at the bow of a boat.

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A flag, containing only the union, without the fly, usually hoisted on a jack staff at the bowsprit cap; -- called also union jack. The American jack is a small blue flag, with a star for each State..

Bockey :: Bockey (n.) A bowl or vessel made from a gourd.

Stringer :: Stringer (n.) One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows..

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.

Bowing :: Bowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bo.

Yew :: Yew (n.) A bow for shooting, made of the yew..

Bowse :: Bowse (v. i.) To carouse; to bouse; to booze.

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