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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Flute :: Flute (v. i.) A channel of curved section; -- usually applied to one of a vertical series of such channels used to decorate columns and pilasters in classical architecture. See Illust. under Base, n..
Kerf :: Kerf (n.) A notch, channel, or slit made in any material by cutting or sawing..
Egesta :: Egesta (n. pl.) That which is egested or thrown off from the body by the various excretory channels; excrements; -- opposed to ingesta.
Channeled :: Channeled (imp. & p. p.) of Channe.
Guide :: Guide (v. t.) Any contrivance, especially one having a directing edge, surface, or channel, for giving direction to the motion of anything, as water, an instrument, or part of a machine, or for directing the hand or eye, as of an operator.
Trumpeting :: Trumpeting (n.) A channel cut behind the brick lining of a shaft.
Meros :: Meros (n.) The plain surface between the channels of a triglyph.
Conduct :: Conduct (n.) That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument.
Gutter :: Gutter (n.) A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water..
Diversion :: Diversion (n.) The act of turning aside from any course, occupation, or object; as, the diversion of a stream from its channel; diversion of the mind from business..
Water Course :: Water course () A natural channel for water; also, a canal for the conveyance of water, especially in draining lands..
Channeling :: Channeling (n.) The act or process of forming a channel or channels.
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..
Glyph :: Glyph (n.) A sunken channel or groove, usually vertical. See Triglyph..
Gutter :: Gutter (n.) A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough.
Chain :: Chain (n.) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels..
Boom :: Boom (n.) A pole with a conspicuous top, set up to mark the channel in a river or harbor..
Reeded :: Reeded (a.) Formed with channels and ridges like reeds.
Wale :: Wale (n.) Certain sets or strakes of the outside planking of a vessel; as, the main wales, or the strakes of planking under the port sills of the gun deck; channel wales, or those along the spar deck, etc..
Ruminated :: Ruminated (a.) Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw..
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