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Clutching two parallel lines together in your hands and pressing them together, using the friction between the lines to hold them fast. When the ship's berthing hawsers are doubled-up, the second hawser is "married" to the first while a seaman takes turns on the bollard.
To leave the berth and sail away. eg. "The ship slipped at 0800".
Two or more ships berthed together, one outboard of the other.
On a siding. (See hole.) Also in the lower berth of a Pullman, as contrasted with on the tot, in the upper berth
Gay nickname for any tall, heavy-set man, especially if effeminate. [Tomorrow is Big Bertha's birthday, I'm going to buy him the paperboy.]
Circular or conical metal plates attached to a ship's berthing hawsers (mooring lines) to prevent rats getting aboard. In some cases they also prevent sailors from sneaking ashore by climbing down the hawsers.
a place as seal-hunter on a vessel with a share in the profits of the voyage
A ship berthed alongside in harbour, and used primarily to train young sailors.
A berthing hawser running from the ship to the jetty in either the forward, or the aft direction. Its role is to prevent movement of the vessel fore and aft.
The alternate name for the number one berthing hawser at the bow of the ship. Unique in how it is sometimes used as a legendary method for covertly coming and going from the ship. eg. "Bloggins is missing. I wonder if he climbed down the head rope."
Sleeping berths suspended from the overhead in a torpedo room in older submarines.
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n.
An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment.
n.
Convenient sea room.
n.
One of a series of berths or bed places in tiers.
n.
A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside.
v. t.
To give an anchorage to, or a place to lie at; to place in a berth; as, she was berthed stem to stern with the Adelaide.
n.
The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake.
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A Brazilian name for the lofty myrtaceous tree (Bertholetia excelsa) which produces the large seeds known as Brazil nuts.
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A place for mooring vessels in a dock or harbor.
n.
A place in a ship to sleep in; a long box or shelf on the side of a cabin or stateroom, or of a railway car, for sleeping in.
v. t.
To allot or furnish berths to, on shipboard; as, to berth a ship's company.
a.
Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the part or side toward which the wind blows; -- opposed to windward; as, a leeward berth; a leeward ship.
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See Berth.
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A double sulphide of antimony and iron, of a dark steel-gray color.
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A kind of collar or cape worn by ladies.
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The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf.
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