wooden+vessel
71crutch — crutchlike, adj. /kruch/, n. 1. a staff or support to assist a lame or infirm person in walking, now usually with a crosspiece at one end to fit under the armpit. 2. any of various devices resembling this in shape or use. 3. anything that serves… …
72firkin — /ferr kin/, n. 1. a British unit of capacity usually equal to a quarter of a barrel. 2. a small wooden vessel or tub for butter, lard, etc. [1400 50; late ME ferdkyn, firdekyn, equiv. to ferde (var. of ferthe FOURTH) + kin KIN] * * * …
73floor — floorless, adj. /flawr, flohr/, n. 1. that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks. 2. a continuous, supporting surface extending horizontally throughout a building, having a number of …
74horn timber — Naut. a timber, often one of several, rising from the sternpost of a wooden vessel to support the overhang of the stern. * * * …
75riser — /ruy zeuhr/, n. 1. a person who rises, esp. from bed: to be an early riser. 2. the vertical face of a stair step. 3. any of a group of long boards or narrow platforms that can be combined in stepwise fashion: The choir stood on a horseshoe of… …
76shoe — shoeless, adj. /shooh/, n., pl. shoes, (esp. Brit. Dial.) shoon; v., shod or shoed, shod or shoed or shodden, shoeing. n. 1. an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a… …
77Drebbel, Cornelis — ▪ Dutch inventor born 1572, Alkmaar, Neth. died Nov. 7, 1633, London Dutch inventor who built the first navigable submarine. An engraver and glassworker in Holland, Drebbel turned to applied science and in 1604 went to England, where… …
78carvel-built — adjective (of a wooden vessel) in which the planks of the hull are laid flush, and caulked to make a smooth finish …
79cogue — noun A small wooden vessel …
80firkin — noun /ˈfɜː(r)kɪn/ a) A varying measure of capacity, usually being the fourth part of a barrel; specifically, a measure equal to nine imperial gallons. [Eng.] 23 Hen. VIII, cap. 4... The barrel of beer is to hold 36 gallons, the kilderkin 18… …
