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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree..

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..

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

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

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

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..

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

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..

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..

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