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Raft :: Raft (n.) A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. (such as is formed in some Western rivers of the United States), which obstructs navigation..

Taconic :: Taconic (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, the series of rocks forming the Taconic mountains in Western New England. They were once supposed to be older than the Cambrian, but later proved to belong to the Lower Silurian and Cambrian..

Castellated :: Castellated (a.) Inclosed within a building; as, a fountain or cistern castellated..

Cat-hole :: Cat-hole (n.) One of two small holes astern, above the gunroom ports, through which hawsers may be passed..

Transom :: Transom (n.) One of the principal transverse timbers of the stern, bolted to the sternpost and giving shape to the stern structure; -- called also transsummer..

Bump :: Bump (n.) The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following.

Frigatoon :: Frigatoon (n.) A Venetian vessel, with a square stern, having only a mainmast, jigger mast, and bowsprit; also a sloop of war ship-rigged..

Anamese :: Anamese (a.) Of or pertaining to Anam, to southeastern Asia..

Metasternum :: Metasternum (n.) The ventral plate of the third or last segment of the thorax of insects.

Polo :: Polo (n.) A game of ball of Eastern origin, resembling hockey, with the players on horseback..

Ban :: Ban (n.) An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia..

Hardfern :: Hardfern (n.) A species of fern (Lomaria borealis), growing in Europe and Northwestern America..

Presternum :: Presternum (n.) The anterior segment of the sternum; the manubrium.

Westward :: Westward (n.) The western region or countries; the west.

Ramline :: Ramline (n.) A line used to get a straight middle line, as on a spar, or from stem to stern in building a vessel..

Pooping :: Pooping (n.) The act or shock of striking a vessel's stern by a following wave or vessel.

Nettle :: Nettle (n.) A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracitis is common in the Northern, and U. chamaedryoides in the Southern, United States. the common European species, U. urens and U. dioica, are also found in the Eastern united States. U. pilulifera is the Roman nettle of England..

Occidental :: Occidental (a.) Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western; -- opposed to oriental; as, occidental climates, or customs; an occidental planet..

Steel :: Steel (n.) Fig.: Anything of extreme hardness; that which is characterized by sternness or rigor.

Ponent :: Ponent (a.) Western; occidental.

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