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Tartan :: Tartan (n.) A small coasting vessel, used in the Mediterranean, having one mast carrying large leteen sail, and a bowsprit with staysail or jib..

Vessel :: Vessel (n.) A general name for any hollow structure made to float upon the water for purposes of navigation; especially, one that is larger than a common rowboat; as, a war vessel; a passenger vessel..

Start :: Start (v. t.) To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate; as, to start a bone; the storm started the bolts in the vessel..

Siphon :: Siphon (v. t.) To convey, or draw off, by means of a siphon, as a liquid from one vessel to another at a lower level..

Pyrothonide :: Pyrothonide (n.) A kind of empyreumatic oil produced by the combustion of textures of hemp, linen, or cotton in a copper vessel, -- formerly used as a remedial agent..

Sublimatory :: Sublimatory (a.) Used for sublimation; as, sublimatory vessels..

Congest :: Congest (v. t. ) To cause an overfullness of the blood vessels (esp. the capillaries) of an organ or part.

Commodore :: Commodore (n.) A familiar for the flagship, or for the principal vessel of a squadron or fleet..

Censer :: Censer (n.) A vessel for perfumes; esp. one in which incense is burned.

Packet :: Packet (v. t.) To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.

Scuttle :: Scuttle (n.) A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.

Faucet :: Faucet (n.) A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; -- called also tap, and cock. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide..

Gallivat :: Gallivat (n.) A small armed vessel, with sails and oars, -- used on the Malabar coast..

Mast :: Mast (n.) A pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, or spar, set upright in a boat or vessel, to sustain the sails, yards, rigging, etc. A mast may also consist of several pieces of timber united by iron bands, or of a hollow pillar of iron or steel..

Dish :: Dish (n.) A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table..

Pilot :: Pilot (n.) One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.

Poop :: Poop (n.) A deck raised above the after part of a vessel; the hindmost or after part of a vessel's hull; also, a cabin covered by such a deck. See Poop deck, under Deck. See also Roundhouse..

Piston :: Piston (n.) A sliding piece which either is moved by, or moves against, fluid pressure. It usually consists of a short cylinder fitting within a cylindrical vessel along which it moves, back and forth. It is used in steam engines to receive motion from the steam, and in pumps to transmit motion to a fluid; also for other purposes..

Beam :: Beam (n.) The width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more beam than another..

Goosewinged :: Goosewinged (a.) Said of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel with foresail set on one side and mainsail on the other; wing and wing.

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