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

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

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

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

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..

Shroudy :: Shroudy (a.) Affording shelter.

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..

Mizzen :: Mizzen (a.) Hindmost; nearest the stern; as, the mizzen shrouds, sails, etc..

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

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

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

Chain :: Chain (n.) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels..

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

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

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.

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..

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

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..

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.

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