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Call :: Call (n.) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty..

Twain :: Twain (a. & n.) Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque..

Tway :: Tway (a. & n.) Two; twain.

Swaip :: Swainship (n.) The condition of a swain.

Wainscoting :: Wainscoting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wainsco.

Jager :: "Jager (n.) Any species of gull of the genus Stercorarius. Three species occur on the Atlantic coast. The jagers pursue other species of gulls and force them to disgorge their prey. The two middle tail feathers are usually decidedly longer than the rest. Called also boatswain, and marline-spike bird. The name is also applied to the skua, or Arctic gull (Megalestris skua)..

Untwain :: Untwain (v. t.) To rend in twain; to tear in two.

Wagoner :: Wagoner (n.) The constellation Charles's Wain, or Ursa Major. See Ursa major, under Ursa..

Swelled :: Sweinmote (n.) See Swainmote.

Wainscot :: Wainscot (v. t.) To line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork; as, to wainscot a hall..

Geminate :: Geminate (a.) In pairs or twains; two together; binate; twin; as, geminate flowers..

Boatswain :: Boatswain (n.) An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties..

Swainship :: Swainmote (n.) A court held before the verders of the forest as judges, by the steward of the court, thrice every year, the swains, or freeholders, within the forest composing the jury..

Swainish :: Swain (n.) A young man dwelling in the country; a rustic; esp., a cuntry gallant or lover; -- chiefly in poetry..

Wainbote :: Wainbote (n.) See Cartbote. See also the Note under Bote.

Plough :: Plough (n.) Same as Charles's Wain.

Crew :: Crew (n.) In an extended sense, any small body of men associated for a purpose; a gang; as (Naut.), the carpenter's crew; the boatswain's crew..

Elbow :: Elbow (n.) A sharp angle in any surface of wainscoting or other woodwork; the upright sides which flank any paneled work, as the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back..

Wagon :: Wagon (n.) The Dipper, or Charles's Wain..

Boson :: Boson (n.) See Boatswain.

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