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Shroud :: Shroud (n.) To cover, as with a shroud; to protect completely; to cover so as to conceal; to hide; to veil..

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

Wapp :: Wapp (n.) A rope with wall knots in it with which the shrouds are set taut.

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

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

Benight :: Benight (v. t.) To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure.

Chain :: Chain (n.) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels..

Shroud :: Shroud (v. i.) To take shelter or harbor.

Shrouded :: Shrouded (imp. & p. p.) of Shrou.

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

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

Dead-eye :: Dead-eye (n.) A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the lanyard; -- used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for other purposes. Called also deadman's eye..

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) A set of ropes serving as stays to support the masts. The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower masts.

Lanyard :: Lanyard (n.) A short piece of rope or line for fastening something in ships; as, the lanyards of the gun ports, of the buoy, and the like; esp., pieces passing through the dead-eyes, and used to extend shrouds, stays, etc..

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..

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet..

Swifter :: Swifter (n.) The forward shroud of a lower mast.

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

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

Ratlins :: Ratlins (n. pl.) The small transverse ropes attached to the shrouds and forming the steps of a rope ladder.

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