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Descent :: Descent (n.) Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; -- often followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy..

Rig :: Rig (v. t.) To furnish with apparatus or gear; to fit with tackling.

Rampant :: Rampant (v.) Rising with fore paws in the air as if attacking; -- said of a beast of prey, especially a lion. The right fore leg and right hind leg should be raised higher than the left..

Onset :: Onset (n.) A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army..

Garnet :: Garnet (n.) A tackle for hoisting cargo in our out.

Fortification :: Fortification (n.) That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle..

Tacking :: Tacking (n.) A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose his claim..

Bate :: Bate (v. t.) To attack; to bait.

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) The act of striking; a blow; a hit; a knock; esp., a violent or hostile attack made with the arm or hand, or with an instrument or weapon..

Attacked :: Attacked (imp. & p. p.) of Attac.

Orgue :: Orgue (n.) Any one of a number of long, thick pieces of timber, pointed and shod with iron, and suspended, each by a separate rope, over a gateway, to be let down in case of attack..

Tack :: Tack (v. i.) To change the direction of a vessel by shifting the position of the helm and sails; also (as said of a vessel), to have her direction changed through the shifting of the helm and sails. See Tack, v. t., 4..

Chicken Pox :: Chicken pox () A mild, eruptive disease, generally attacking children only; varicella..

Runner :: Runner (n.) A rope rove through a block and used to increase the mechanical power of a tackle.

Aggress :: Aggress (v. t.) To set upon; to attack.

Tye :: Tye (n.) A chain or rope, one end of which passes through the mast, and is made fast to the center of a yard; the other end is attached to a tackle, by means of which the yard is hoisted or lowered..

Beating :: Beating (n.) The process of sailing against the wind by tacks in zigzag direction.

Haggard :: Haggard (n.) A stackyard.

Incursion :: Incursion (n.) Attack; occurrence.

Quartation :: Quartation (n.) The act, process, or result (in the process of parting) of alloying a button of nearly pure gold with enough silver to reduce the fineness so as to allow acids to attack and remove all metals except the gold; -- called also inquartation. Compare Parting..

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