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Sprit :: Sprit (v. t.) To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt..

Housing :: Housing (n.) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.

Steeve :: Steeve (v. i.) To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; -- said of the bowsprit, etc..

Frigatoon :: Frigatoon (n.) A Venetian vessel, with a square stern, having only a mainmast, jigger mast, and bowsprit; also a sloop of war ship-rigged..

Sprite :: Sprite (n.) A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition. See Spright..

Sprite :: Sprite (n.) An elf; a fairy; a goblin.

Steeve :: Steeve (n.) The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel; -- called also steeving..

Jeu D''esprit :: Jeu d'esprit () A witticism.

Spritefully :: Spriteful (a.) Alt. of Spritel.

Water Sprite :: Water sprite () A sprite, or spirit, imagined as inhabiting the water..

Gammon :: Gammon (v. t.) To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron..

Whisker :: Whisker (n.) Iron rods extending on either side of the bowsprit, to spread, or guy out, the stays, etc..

Sprocket Wheel :: Spritsail (n.) A sail formerly hung under the bowsprit, from the spritsail yard..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A flag, containing only the union, without the fly, usually hoisted on a jack staff at the bowsprit cap; -- called also union jack. The American jack is a small blue flag, with a star for each State..

Sloop :: Sloop (n.) A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidly approximated since 1880. One radical distinction is that a slop may carry a centerboard. See

Spriteful :: Sprite (n.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle..

#NAME? :: -esprits (pl. ) of Bel-espri.

Bee :: Bee (n.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks..

Spirit :: Spirit (n.) Any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an elf..

Stem :: Stem (n.) A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end. Hence, the forward part of a vessel; the bow..

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