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

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

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

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..

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..

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

Backstay :: Backstay (n.) A rope or stay extending from the masthead to the side of a ship, slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast..

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.) That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment..

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

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

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..

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

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.

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

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

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

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..

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