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Shroud :: Shroud (n.) One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate..

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) To cover with a shroud; especially, to inclose in a winding sheet; to dress for the grave..

Shroud :: Shroud (v. t.) To lop. See Shrood.

Beshroud :: Beshroud (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a shroud; to screen..

Disenshrouded :: Disenshrouded (a.) Freed from a shroudlike covering; unveiled.

Crosstrees :: Crosstrees (n. pl.) Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large vessels, they support a semicircular platform called the top..

Collar :: Collar (n.) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured..

Shroud-laid :: Shroud-laid (a.) Composed of four strands, and laid right-handed with a heart, or center; -- said of rope. See Illust. under Cordage..

Shroudless :: Shroudless (a.) Without a shroud.

Weather :: Weather (a.) Being toward the wind, or windward -- opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc..

Shroud :: Shroud (v. i.) To take shelter or harbor.

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment..

Shrouded :: Shrouded (imp. & p. p.) of Shrou.

Dead-eye :: Dead-eye (n.) A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the lanyard; -- used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for other purposes. Called also deadman's eye..

Benight :: Benight (v. t.) To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure.

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) That which covers or shelters like a shroud.

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt..

Unshroud :: Unshroud (v. t.) To remove the shroud from; to uncover.

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) To cover, as with a shroud; to protect completely; to cover so as to conceal; to hide; to veil..

Strain :: Strain (a.) To draw with force; to extend with great effort; to stretch; as, to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship; to strain the cords of a musical instrument..

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