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Stow :: Stow (v. t.) To place or arrange in a compact mass; to put in its proper place, or in a suitable place; to pack; as, to stowbags, bales, or casks in a ship's hold; to stow hay in a mow; to stow sheaves..

Sheaf :: Sheaf (v. i.) To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves..

Breastband :: Breastband (n.) A band for the breast. Specifically: (Naut.) A band of canvas, or a rope, fastened at both ends to the rigging, to support the man who heaves the lead in sounding..

Broken Wind :: Broken wind () The heaves.

Sheaf :: Sheaf (v. t.) To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat..

Heaver :: Heaver (n.) One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver..

Sheaves :: Sheaves (pl. ) of Shea.

Muffle :: Muffle (v. t.) A pulley block containing several sheaves.

Rack :: Rack (a.) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes; -- called also rack block. Also, a frame to hold shot..

Wind-broken :: Wind-broken (a.) Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture, dilatation, or running together of air cells of the lungs, so that while the inspiration is by one effort, the expiration is by two; affected with pulmonary emphysema or with heaves; -- said of a horse..

Leadsman :: Leadsman (n.) The man who heaves the lead.

Bull''s-eye :: Bull's-eye (n.) A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging..

Mow :: Mow (v. t.) To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a barn; to pile and stow away..

Block :: Block (v. t.) A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it may be attached to an object. It is used to change the direction of motion, as in raising a heavy object that can not be conveniently reached, and also, when two or more such sheaves are compounded, to change the rate of motion, or to exert increased force; -- used especially in the rigging of ships, and in tackles..

Mow :: Mow (n.) A heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of grain stowed in a barn.

Shock :: Shock (n.) A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stook..

Stool :: Stook (v. t.) To set up, as sheaves of grain, in stooks..

Shell :: Shell (n.) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.

Heaves :: Heaves (n.) A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind..

Heavy :: Heavy (a.) Having the heaves.

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