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Centreboard :: Centreboard (n.) A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States.

Swig :: Swig (v. t.) To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify and slough off..

Brace :: Brace (n.) The state of being braced or tight; tension.

Sticky :: Stick-tight (n.) Beggar's ticks.

Camptight :: Camptight (n.) A duel; the decision of a case by a duel.

Autoclave :: Autoclave (n.) A kind of French stewpan with a steam-tight lid.

Stretch :: Stretch (v. t.) To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.

Tight :: Tight (superl.) Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy.

Sinch :: Sinch (v. t.) To gird with a sinch; to tighten the sinch or girth of (a saddle); as, to sinch up a sadle..

Tights :: Tights (n. pl.) Close-fitting garments, especially for the lower part of the body and the legs..

Loosen :: Loosen (v. i.) To become loose; to become less tight, firm, or compact..

Brace :: Brace (n.) That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.

Easy :: Easy (v. t.) Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy; -- opposed to tight..

Camel :: Camel (n.) A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow water. By admitting water, the camel or camels may be sunk and attached beneath or at the sides of a vessel, and when the water is pumped out the vessel is lifted..

Nut :: Nut (n.) A perforated block (usually a small piece of metal), provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on a bolt, or screw, for tightening or holding something, or for transmitting motion. See Illust. of lst Bolt..

Bowline :: Bowline (n.) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled..

Tighten :: Tighten (v. t.) To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.

Calking :: Calking (n.) The act or process of making seems tight, as in ships, or of furnishing with calks, as a shoe, or copying, as a drawing..

Cramp :: Cramp (n.) A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of framework, etc..

Hermetically :: Hermetically (adv.) By fusion, so as to form an air-tight closure..

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