Definition of channel

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Channel (n.) Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks..

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Drove :: Drove (n.) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
Aqueduct :: Aqueduct (n.) A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying water, especially one for supplying large cities with water..
Channeling :: Channeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Channe.
Tailrace :: Tailrace (n.) The channel in which tailings, suspended in water, are conducted away..
Channelled :: Channelled () of Channe.
Billboard :: Billboard (n.) A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed on the bow or fore channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of the anchor to rest on..
Sow :: Sow (n.) A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds in the pig bed.
Channelling :: Channelling () of Channe.
Lagoon :: Lagoon (n.) A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one into which the sea flows; as, the lagoons of Venice..
Waterway :: Waterway (n.) Heavy plank or timber extending fore and aft the whole length of a vessel's deck at the line of junction with the sides, forming a channel to the scuppers, which are cut through it. In iron vessels the waterway is variously constructed..
Boom :: Boom (n.) A pole with a conspicuous top, set up to mark the channel in a river or harbor..
Levee :: Levee (v. t.) To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river..
Wady :: Wady (n.) A ravine through which a brook flows; the channel of a water course, which is dry except in the rainy season..
Atresia :: Atresia (n.) Absence or closure of a natural passage or channel of the body; imperforation.
Gate :: Gate (n.) The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mold; the ingate.
Channel :: Channel (v. t.) To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels in; to groove.
Trough :: Trough (n.) Any channel, receptacle, or depression, of a long and narrow shape; as, trough between two ridges, etc..
Hydrography :: Hydrography (n.) That branch of surveying which embraces the determination of the contour of the bottom of a harbor or other sheet of water, the depth of soundings, the position of channels and shoals, with the construction of charts exhibiting these particulars..
Waft :: Waft (v. t.) To cause to move or go in a wavy manner, or by the impulse of waves, as of water or air; to bear along on a buoyant medium; as, a balloon was wafted over the channel..
Reigle :: Reigle (n.) A hollow cut or channel for quiding anything; as, the reigle of a side post for a flood gate..
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