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Forethought :: Forethought (n.) A thinking or planning beforehand; prescience; premeditation; forecast; provident care.

Windlass :: Windlass (n.) A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam..

Forecastle :: Forecastle (n.) A short upper deck forward, formerly raised like a castle, to command an enemy's decks..

Oracular :: Oracular (a.) Of or pertaining to an oracle; uttering oracles; forecasting the future; as, an oracular tongue..

Forecastle :: Forecastle (n.) In merchant vessels, the forward part of the vessel, under the deck, where the sailors live..

Cubbridge-head :: Cubbridge-head (n.) A bulkhead on the forecastle and half deck of a ship.

Calculating :: Calculating (a.) Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition..

Breastwork :: Breastwork (n.) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.

Gunwale :: Gunwale (n.) The upper edge of a vessel's or boat's side; the uppermost wale of a ship (not including the bulwarks); or that piece of timber which reaches on either side from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, being the uppermost bend, which finishes the upper works of the hull..

Aeromancy :: Aeromancy (n.) Divination from the state of the air or from atmospheric substances; also, forecasting changes in the weather..

Forecastle :: Forecastle (n.) That part of the upper deck of a vessel forward of the foremast, or of the after part of the fore channels..

Deep-waisted :: Deep-waisted (a.) Having a deep waist, as when, in a ship, the poop and forecastle are much elevated above the deck..

Anticipatory :: Anticipatory (a.) Forecasting; of the nature of anticipation.

Forecast :: Forecast (n.) Previous contrivance or determination; predetermination.

Forecast :: Forecast (v. t.) To foresee; to calculate beforehand, so as to provide for..

Weatherwise :: Weatherwise (a.) Skillful in forecasting the changes of the weather.

Frigate-built :: Frigate-built (a.) Built like a frigate with a raised quarter-deck and forecastle.

Gangway :: Gangway (v. i.) That part of the spar deck of a vessel on each side of the booms, from the quarter-deck to the forecastle; -- more properly termed the waist..

Midshipman :: Midshipman (n.) Formerly, a kind of naval cadet, in a ship of war, whose business was to carry orders, messages, reports, etc., between the officers of the quarter-deck and those of the forecastle, and render other services as required..

Calculate :: Calculate (v. i.) To make a calculation; to forecast consequences; to estimate; to compute.

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