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Ringtail :: Ringtail (n.) A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also ringsail.

Replevy :: Replevy (v. t.) To bail.

Student :: Studding sail () A light sail set at the side of a principal or square sail of a vessel in free winds, to increase her speed. Its head is bent to a small spar which is called the studding-sail boom. See Illust. of Sail..

Io Moth :: Io moth () A large and handsome American moth (Hyperchiria Io), having a large, bright-colored spot on each hind wing, resembling the spots on the tail of a peacock. The larva is covered with prickly hairs, which sting like nettles..

Contractor :: Contractor (n.) One who contracts; one of the parties to a bargain; one who covenants to do anything for another; specifically, one who contracts to perform work on a rather large scale, at a certain price or rate, as in building houses or making a railroad..

Trailer :: Trailer (n.) One who, or that which, trails..

Vail :: Vail (v. t.) To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like..

Ratfish :: Ratfish (n.) Same as Rat-tail.

Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc..

Frigate :: Frigate (n.) Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to larger vessels, and by 1750 it had been appropriated for a class of war vessels intermediate between corvettes and ships of the line. Frigates, from about 1750 to 1850, had one full battery deck and, often, a spar deck with a lighter battery. They carried sometimes as many as fifty guns. After the application of steam to navigation steam frigates of largely incre

Foil :: Foil (n.) Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.

Motacil :: Motacil (n.) Any singing bird of the genus Motacilla; a wagtail.

Noncompliance :: Noncompliance (n.) Neglect of compliance; failure to comply.

Snowplough :: Snowplough (n.) An implement operating like a plow, but on a larger scale, for clearing away the snow from roads, railways, etc..

Founder :: Founder (v. i.) To fail; to miscarry.

Signalman :: Signalman (n.) A man whose business is to manage or display signals; especially, one employed in setting the signals by which railroad trains are run or warned..

Default :: Default (v. i.) To fail in duty; to offend.

Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To languish; to fail; to flag.

Washerwoman :: Washerwoman (n.) The pied wagtail; -- so called in allusion to its beating the water with its tail while tripping along the leaves of water plants.

Wholesale :: Wholesale (a.) Pertaining to, or engaged in, trade by the piece or large quantity; selling to retailers or jobbers rather than to consumers; as, a wholesale merchant; the wholesale price..

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