Small+hawser

  • 61button — Synonyms and related words: a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, anchor, armory, articulate, badge, badge of office, badges, bagatelle, band, bandage, bang, bantam, banty, bar, barrette, barricade, baton, batten, batten down, bauble,… …

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  • 62flake — flake1 noun 1》 a small, flat, very thin piece of something.     ↘Archaeology a piece of hard stone chipped off for use as a tool. 2》 a snowflake. 3》 N. Amer. informal a crazy or eccentric person. verb 1》 come away from a surface in flakes. 2》… …

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  • 63kedge — [kɛdʒ] verb move (a boat) by hauling in a hawser attached at a distance to an anchor. noun (also kedge anchor) a small anchor used for such a purpose. Origin C15: perh. a specific use of dialect cadge bind, tie …

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  • 64deuk- —     deuk     English meaning: to drag     Deutsche Übersetzung: “ziehen”     Material: Gk. δαι δύσσεσθαι ἕλκεσθαι Hes. (*δαι δυκ ι̯ω with intensive reduplication as παι φάσσω). In addition perhaps also δεύκει φροντίζει Hes., wherefore Hom.… …

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  • 65kedge — ► VERB ▪ move (a boat) by hauling in a hawser attached at a distance to an anchor. ► NOUN ▪ a small anchor used for such a purpose. ORIGIN perhaps a specific use of dialect cadge «bind, tie» …

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  • 66line — line1 [līn] n. [ME merging OE, a cord, with OFr ligne (both < L linea, lit., linen thread, n. use of fem. of lineus, of flax < linum, flax)] 1. a) a cord, rope, wire, string, or the like b) a long, fine, strong cord with a hook, sinker,… …

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  • 67part — part1 [pärt] n. [ME < OE & OFr, both < L pars (gen. partis) < IE base * per , to sell, hand over in sale, make equal > L par, equal, parare, to equate] 1. a portion or division of a whole; specif., a) any of several equal portions,… …

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  • 68ice anchor — noun : a small anchor usually having one fluke and used for mooring a boat to ice * * * a large, hooklike device for setting in ice to anchor a vessel or to provide a hold for a hawser in warping it along. Also called ice drag. [1765 75] * * *… …

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