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Dunnage :: Dunnage (n.) Fagots, boughs, or loose materials of any kind, laid on the bottom of the hold for the cargo to rest upon to prevent injury by water, or stowed among casks and other cargo to prevent their motion..

Squinsy :: Squinch (n.) A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon..

Charge :: Charge (v. t.) The act of rushing upon, or towards, an enemy; a sudden onset or attack, as of troops, esp. cavalry; hence, the signal for attack; as, to sound the charge..

Oblanceolate :: Oblanceolate (a.) Lanceolate in the reversed order, that is, narrowing toward the point of attachment more than toward the apex..

Stramony :: Stramonium (n.) A poisonous plant (Datura Stramonium); stinkweed. See Datura, and Jamestown weed..

Around :: Around (adv.) In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town..

Stowage :: Stowage (n.) The act or method of stowing; as, the stowage of provisions in a vessel..

Tower :: Tower (v. t.) To soar into.

Sheet Anchor :: Sheet anchor (v. t.) A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel; -- called also waist anchor. See the Note under Anchor.

Pull :: Pull (v. t.) To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward one; to pluck; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax; to pull a finch..

Stowaway :: Stowage (n.) Money paid for stowing goods.

Balance :: Balance (n.) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally; as, to balance partners..

Barrier :: Barrier (n.) A fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a country, commanding an avenue of approach..

Impiety :: Impiety (n.) The quality of being impious; want of piety; irreverence toward the Supreme Being; ungodliness; wickedness.

Larboard :: Larboard (n.) The left-hand side of a ship to one on board facing toward the bow; port; -- opposed to starboard.

Rate :: Rate (n.) A tax or sum assessed by authority on property for public use, according to its income or value; esp., in England, a local tax; as, parish rates; town rates..

Law :: Law (n.) In morals: The will of God as the rule for the disposition and conduct of all responsible beings toward him and toward each other; a rule of living, conformable to righteousness; the rule of action as obligatory on the conscience or moral nature..

Stowboard :: Stowaway (n.) One who conceals himself board of a vessel about to leave port, or on a railway train, in order to obtain a free passage..

Allot :: Allot (v. t.) To distribute, or parcel out in parts or portions; or to distribute to each individual concerned; to assign as a share or lot; to set apart as one's share; to bestow on; to grant; to appoint; as, let every man be contented with that which Providence allots him..

Polary :: Polary (a.) Tending to a pole; having a direction toward a pole.

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