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Gobline :: Gobline (n.) One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit; -- called also gobrope and gaubline.

Foresleeve :: Foresleeve (n.) The sleeve below the elbow.

Wicket :: Wicket (n.) A small framework at which the ball is bowled. It consists of three rods, or stumps, set vertically in the ground, with one or two short rods, called bails, lying horizontally across the top..

Crossette :: Crossette (n.) A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; -- called also ancon, ear, elbow..

Gripe :: Gripe (v. t.) To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances..

Bowyer :: Bowyer (n.) One who makes or sells bows.

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.

Bowge :: Bowge (v. t.) To cause to leak.

Poppyhead :: Poppyhead (n.) A raised ornament frequently having the form of a final. It is generally used on the tops of the upright ends or elbows which terminate seats, etc., in Gothic churches..

Disbowel :: Disbowel (v. t.) To disembowel.

Spring :: Spring (v. i.) To fly back; as, a bow, when bent, springs back by its elastic power..

Bow :: Bow (v. i. ) To manage the bow.

Caravel :: Caravel (n.) The caravel of the 16th century was a small vessel with broad bows, high, narrow poop, four masts, and lateen sails. Columbus commanded three caravels on his great voyage..

Imbow :: Imbow (v. t.) To make like a bow; to curve; to arch; to vault; to embow.

Pillow :: Pillow (n.) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.

Triceps :: Triceps (n.) A muscle having three heads; specif., the great extensor of the forearm, arising by three heads and inserted into the olecranon at the elbow..

Red :: Red (superl.) Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part..

Arblast :: Arblast (n.) A crossbow. See Arbalest.

Duck :: Duck (v. t.) To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.

Overhang :: Overhang (n.) The portion of the bow or stem of a vessel that projects over the water beyond the water line.

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