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

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

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

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, as with a shroud; to protect completely; to cover so as to conceal; to hide; to veil..

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

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

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

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

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..

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. t.) To lop. See Shrood.

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..

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..

Swiftfoot :: Swifter (v. t.) To tighten, as slack standing rigging, by bringing the opposite shrouds nearer..

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

Cat-harping :: Cat-harping (n.) One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the shrouds toward the masts so a to give freer sweep to the yards.

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..

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

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

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