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Spar :: Spar (v. t.) A general term any round piece of timber used as a mast, yard, boom, or gaff..

Gaffle :: Gaffle (n.) A lever to bend crossbows.

Gammer :: Gammer (n.) An old wife; an old woman; -- correlative of gaffer, an old man..

Earing :: Earing (n.) A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff; -- also called head earing.

Topsail :: Topsail (n.) In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship..

Gaffer :: Gaffer (n.) A foreman or overseer of a gang of laborers.

Foresail :: Foresail (n.) The gaff sail set on the foremast of a schooner.

Galiot :: Galiot (n.) A strong, light-draft, Dutch merchant vessel, carrying a mainmast and a mizzenmast, and a large gaff mainsail..

Gaffing :: Gaffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gaf.

Gaff :: Gaff (n.) Same as Gaffle, 1..

Catboat :: Catboat (n.) A small sailboat, with a single mast placed as far forward as possible, carring a sail extended by a gaff and long boom. See Illustration in Appendix..

Heel :: Heel (v. t.) To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting..

Throat :: Throat (n.) That end of a gaff which is next the mast.

Sloop :: Sloop (n.) A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidly approximated since 1880. One radical distinction is that a slop may carry a centerboard. See

Vang :: Vang (n.) A rope to steady the peak of a gaff.

Gaffed :: Gaffed (imp. & p. p.) of Gaf.

Throat :: Throat (n.) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail..

Gaffle :: Gaffle (n.) An artificial spur or gaff for gamecocks.

Lacing :: Lacing (n.) A rope or line passing through eyelet holes in the edge of a sail or an awning to attach it to a yard, gaff, etc..

Shandygaff :: Shandygaff (n.) A mixture of strong beer and ginger beer.

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