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Backpiece :: Backpiece (n.) Alt. of Backplat.

Keelson :: Keelson (n.) A piece of timber in a ship laid on the middle of the floor timbers over the keel, and binding the floor timbers to the keel; in iron vessels, a structure of plates, situated like the keelson of a timber ship..

Execution :: Execution (n.) The act of the mode of performing a work of art, of performing on an instrument, of engraving, etc.; as, the execution of a statue, painting, or piece of music..

Shim :: Shim (n.) A thin piece of metal placed between two parts to make a fit.

Field :: Field (n.) A piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece inclosed for tillage or pasture..

Charge :: Charge (v. t.) To place within or upon any firearm, piece of apparatus or machinery, the quantity it is intended and fitted to hold or bear; to load; to fill; as, to charge a gun; to charge an electrical machine, etc..

Jackstone :: Jackstone (n.) One of the pebbles or pieces used in the game of jackstones.

Camail :: Camail (n.) A neck guard of chain mall, hanging from the bascinet or other headpiece..

Asunder :: Asunder (adv.) Apart; separate from each other; into parts; in two; separately; into or in different pieces or places.

Cespitose :: Cespitose (a.) Having the form a piece of turf, i. e., many stems from one rootstock or from many entangled rootstocks or roots..

Split :: Split (n.) A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment..

Elevation :: Elevation (n.) The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line o/ sight; -- distinguished from direction..

Jingal :: "Jingal (n.) A small portable piece of ordnance, mounted on a swivel..

Break :: Break (v. t.) To shatter to pieces; to reduce to fragments.

Brand :: Brand (v. t.) A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct..

Point-blank :: Point-blank (n.) With artillery, the point where the projectile first strikes the horizontal plane on which the gun stands, the axis of the piece being horizontal..

Frush :: Frush (v. t.) To batter; to break in pieces.

Skag :: Skag (n.) An additional piece fastened to the keel of a boat to prevent lateral motion. See Skeg.

Sill :: Sill (n.) The timber or stone on which a window frame stands; or, the lowest piece in a window frame..

Chirograph :: Chirograph (n.) A writing which, requiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space between, in which was written the word chirographum, through which the parchment was cut, and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a charter party..

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