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

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

Scotchman :: Scotchman (n.) A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear.

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.

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) A set of ropes serving as stays to support the masts. The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower masts.

Ratlins :: Ratlins (n. pl.) The small transverse ropes attached to the shrouds and forming the steps of a rope ladder.

Lanyard :: Lanyard (n.) A short piece of rope or line for fastening something in ships; as, the lanyards of the gun ports, of the buoy, and the like; esp., pieces passing through the dead-eyes, and used to extend shrouds, stays, etc..

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet..

Channel :: Channel (n.) Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks..

Cerement :: Cerement (n.) Any shroud or wrapping for the dead.

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..

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

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

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

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

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