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Esprit :: Esprit (n.) Spirit.

Spritsail :: Spritely (a.) See Sprightful, Sprightfully, Sprightliness, Sprightly, etc..

Hob :: Hob (n.) A fairy; a sprite; an elf.

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

Phantom :: Phantom (n.) That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image.

Forestay :: Forestay (n.) A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship..

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

Sprite :: Sprit (v. i.) A small boom, pole, or spar, which crosses the sail of a boat diagonally from the mast to the upper aftmost corner, which it is used to extend and elevate..

Sprit :: Sprit (n.) A shoot; a sprout.

Sprit :: Sprit (v. i.) To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out.

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

Spritsail :: Spritsail (n.) A sail extended by a sprit.

Gammoning :: Gammoning (n.) The lashing or iron band by which the bowsprit of a vessel is secured to the stem to opposite the lifting action of the forestays.

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..

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

Warlock :: Warlock (n.) A male witch; a wizard; a sprite; an imp.

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..

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

Cap :: Cap (n.) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope..

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