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Cathead :: Cathead (n.) A projecting piece of timber or iron near the bow of vessel, to which the anchor is hoisted and secured..

Hutch :: Hutch (n.) A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit..

Hoisted :: Hoisted (imp. & p. p.) of Hois.

Atrip :: Atrip (adv.) Hoisted up and ready to be swayed across; -- said of yards.

Hoist :: Hoist (n.) That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods.

Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) A crosspiece placed between the sides of a boat to keep them apart when hoisted up and griped.

Parrel :: Parrel (n.) The rope or collar by which a yard or spar is held to the mast in such a way that it may be hoisted or lowered at pleasure.

Hoist :: Hoist (p. p.) Hoisted.

Gripe :: Gripe (n.) An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A flag, containing only the union, without the fly, usually hoisted on a jack staff at the bowsprit cap; -- called also union jack. The American jack is a small blue flag, with a star for each State..

Spencer :: Spencer (n.) A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; -- named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [1802]..

Flagstaff :: Flagstaff (n.) A staff on which a flag is hoisted.

Snow :: Snow (n.) A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted..

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..

Trysail :: Trysail (n.) A fore-and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lower mast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft a lower mast; -- used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also spencer..

Guy :: Guy (n.) A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which holds in place the end of a boom, spar, or yard in a ship; a chain or wire rope connecting a suspension bridge with the land on either side to prevent lateral swaying; a rod or rope attached to the top of a structure, as of a derrick, and extending obliquely to the ground, where it is fastened..

Atrip :: Atrip (adv.) Sheeted home, hoisted taut up and ready for trimming; -- said of sails..

Chockablock :: Chockablock (a.) Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting..

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