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Channel :: 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..

Woolstock :: Woolstock (n.) A heavy wooden hammer for milling cloth.

Chump :: Chump (n.) A short, thick, heavy piece of wood..

Pesanted :: Pesanted (a.) Made heavy or dull; debased.

Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread..

Gun :: Gun (n.) A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a cannon..

Barytes :: Barytes (n.) Barium sulphate, generally called heavy spar or barite. See Barite..

Plumbeous :: Plumbeous (a.) Dull; heavy; stupid.

Sailer :: Sailer (n.) A ship or other vessel; -- with qualifying words descriptive of speed or manner of sailing; as, a heavy sailer; a fast sailer..

Puncheon :: Puncheon (n.) A split log or heavy slab with the face smoothed; as, a floor made of puncheons..

Rafter :: Rafter (n.) Originally, any rough and somewhat heavy piece of timber. Now, commonly, one of the timbers of a roof which are put on sloping, according to the inclination of the roof. See Illust. of Queen-post..

Phalanx :: Phalanx (n.) A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men..

Mercury :: Mercury (n.) A metallic element mostly obtained by reduction from cinnabar, one of its ores. It is a heavy, opaque, glistening liquid (commonly called quicksilver), and is used in barometers, thermometers, ect. Specific gravity 13.6. Symbol Hg (Hydrargyrum). Atomic weight 199.8. Mercury has a molecule which consists of only one atom. It was named by the alchemists after the god Mercury, and designated by his symbol, /..

Bunk :: Bunk (n.) A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.

Yaw :: Yaw (v. i. & t.) To steer wild, or out of the line of her course; to deviate from her course, as when struck by a heavy sea; -- said of a ship..

Soss :: Soss (n.) A heavy fall.

Pile :: Pile (n.) A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet..

Chronometer :: Chronometer (n.) A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation balance, and usually beating half seconds; -- intended to keep time with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations, in determining longitude, etc..

Luggage :: Luggage (n.) That which is lugged; anything cumbrous and heavy to be carried; especially, a traveler's trunks, baggage, etc., or their contents..

Lizard :: Lizard (n.) A piece of timber with a forked end, used in dragging a heavy stone, a log, or the like, from a field..

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