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Withe :: Withe (n.) An iron attachment on one end of a mast or boom, with a ring, through which another mast or boom is rigged out and secured; a wythe..

Bombinate :: Bombinate (v. i.) To hum; to boom.

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

Horn :: Horn (n.) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc..

Heel :: Heel (n.) The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc..

Bomb :: Bomb (v. i.) To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound.

Hushing :: Hushing (n.) The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called booming..

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..

Boom :: Boom (v. i.) To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind..

Boomer :: Boomer (n.) A large male kangaroo.

Bump :: Bump (v. i.) To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom..

Boomerang :: Boomerang (n.) A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood, from twenty to thirty inches in length, from two to three inches wide, and half or three quarters of an inch thick. When thrown from the hand with a quick rotary motion, it describes very remarkable curves, according to the shape of the instrument and the manner of throwing it, often moving nearly horizontally a long distance, then curving upward t

Spencer :: Spencer (n.) A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; -- named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [1802]..

Martingal :: Martingal (n.) A lower stay of rope or chain for the jib boom or flying jib boom, fastened to, or reeved through, the dolphin striker. Also, the dolphin striker itself..

Boom :: Boom (n.) A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc..

Throat :: Throat (n.) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail..

Spinner :: Spinnaker (n.) A large triangular sail set upon a boom, -- used when running before the wind..

Boom :: Boom (n.) A hollow roar, as of waves or cannon; also, the hollow cry of the bittern; a booming..

Boom :: Boom (n.) A strong chain cable, or line of spars bound together, extended across a river or the mouth of a harbor, to obstruct navigation or passage..

Sewellel :: Sewellel (n.) A peculiar gregarious burrowing rodent (Haplodon rufus), native of the coast region of the Northwestern United States. It somewhat resembles a muskrat or marmot, but has only a rudimentary tail. Its head is broad, its eyes are small and its fur is brownish above, gray beneath. It constitutes the family Haplodontidae. Called also boomer, showt'l, and mountain beaver..

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