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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..

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

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) The branching top of a tree; foliage.

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

Wapp :: Wapp (n.) A rope with wall knots in it with which the shrouds are set taut.

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..

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..

Shrouding :: Shrouding (n.) The shrouds. See Shroud, n., 7..

Bolster :: Bolster (n.) A cushioned or a piece of soft wood covered with tarred canvas, placed on the trestletrees and against the mast, for the collars of the shrouds to rest on, to prevent chafing..

Shroudy :: Shroudy (a.) Affording shelter.

Shrouded :: Shrouded (a.) Provided with a shroud or shrouds.

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..

Shrouding :: Shrouding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shrou.

Swifter :: Swifter (n.) The forward shroud of a lower mast.

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

Chrisom :: Chrisom (n.) A child which died within a month after its baptism; -- so called from the chrisom cloth which was used as a shroud for it.

Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood..

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

Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.

Black :: Black (a.) In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds..

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