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Blanket :: Blanket (v. t.) To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her.

Copper-fastened :: Copper-fastened (a.) Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship..

Flanker :: Flanker (v. t.) To attack sideways.

Stringer :: Stringer (n.) A streak of planking carried round the inside of a vessel on the under side of the beams.

Plank :: Plank (n.) A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board..

Barde :: Barde (n.) A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.].

Quickwork :: Quickwork (n.) All the submerged section of a vessel's planking.

Afghan :: Afghan (n.) A kind of worsted blanket or wrap.

Lapping :: Lapping (n.) A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.

Pan :: Pan (n.) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.

Blank :: Blank (a.) Lacking characteristics which give variety; as, a blank desert; a blank wall; destitute of interests, affections, hopes, etc.; as, to live a blank existence; destitute of sensations; as, blank unconsciousness..

Blankly :: Blankly (adv.) In a blank manner; without expression; vacuously; as, to stare blankly..

Unwritten :: Unwritten (a.) Containing no writing; blank; as, unwritten paper..

Syphilide :: Syphering (n.) The lapping of chamfered edges of planks to make a smooth surface, as for a bulkhead..

Redoubt :: Redoubt (n.) A small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected for a temporary purpose, and without flanking defenses, -- used esp. in fortifying tops of hills and passes, and positions in hostile territory..

Lunette :: Lunette (n.) A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See Bastion..

Bastion :: Bastion (n.) A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See Ravelin..

Scissorstail :: Scissorstail (n.) A tyrant flycatcher (Milvulus forficatus) of the Southern United States and Mexico, which has a deeply forked tail. It is light gray above, white beneath, salmon on the flanks, and fiery red at the base of the crown feathers..

Blanket :: Blanket (a.) A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, and having a nap, used in bed clothing; also, a similar fabric used as a robe; or any fabric used as a cover for a horse..

Plank :: Plank (v. t.) To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing..

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