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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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..

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

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..

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

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

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

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