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Rate | Answer | Clue |
AFT | Astern (naut) | |
KNOT | Speed (naut) | |
BUOY | Anchored float (naut) | |
BUOYS | Anchored floats (naut) | |
AVAST | Hold fast (naut) | |
SPRIT | Spar set diagonally (naut) | |
ALES | On the sheltered side (naut) | |
ALEE | On the sheltered side (naut) | |
LEAST | Hole astern contains what’s said to be soonest mended | |
STERN | Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits. | |
STERNMOST | Farthest in the rear; farthest astern; as, the sternmost ship in a convoy. | |
CAT-HOLE | One of two small holes astern, above the gunroom ports, through which hawsers may be passed. | |
FINE | To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually. | |
ENLARGE | To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; -- said of the wind. | |
ASTERN | In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern. | |
QUARTERING | Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; -- said of waves or any moving object. | |
RECTIFIER | Specifically: (a) (Naut.) An instrument used for determining and rectifying the variations of the compass on board ship. (b) (Chem.) A rectificator. | |
CREW | In an extended sense, any small body of men associated for a purpose; a gang; as (Naut.), the carpenter's crew; the boatswain's crew. | |
UNDERRUN | To run or pass under; especially (Naut.), to pass along and under, as a cable, for the purpose of taking it in, or of examining it. | |
DRIFT | To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east. | |
WAIST | Hence, the middle part of other bodies; especially (Naut.), that part of a vessel's deck, bulwarks, etc., which is between the quarter-deck and the forecastle; the middle part of the ship. | |
BREASTBAND | 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. | |
RIGGING | DRess; tackle; especially (Naut.), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc. See Illustr. of Ship and Sails. | |
AWASH | Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it. | |
FAST | That which fastens or holds; especially, (Naut.) a mooring rope, hawser, or chain; -- called, according to its position, a bow, head, quarter, ... |