| slovo | definícia |
marlinespike
(encz) | marlinespike,lanový trn Zdeněk Brož |
marlinespike
(wn) | marlinespike
n 1: a pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands
of a rope or cable (as in splicing) [syn: marlinespike,
marlinspike, marlingspike] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
marline-spike bird
(gcide) | Jager \Ja"ger\, n. [G. j[aum]ger a hunter, a sportsman. Cf.
Yager.] [Written also jaeger.]
1. (Mil.) A sharpshooter. See Yager.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) Any species of gull of the genus Stercorarius.
Three species occur on the Atlantic coast. The jagers
pursue other species of gulls and force them to disgorge
their prey. The two middle tail feathers are usually
decidedly longer than the rest. Called also boatswain,
and marline-spike bird. The name is also applied to the
skua, or Arctic gull (Megalestris skua).
[1913 Webster]Marline \Mar"line\, n. [LG. marlien, marling, or D. marling,
marlijn, fr. D. marren to tie, prob. akin to E. moor, v., and
lijn line: cf.F. merlin. See Moor, v., Line.] (Naut.)
A small line composed of two strands a little twisted, used
for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being
weakened by fretting.
[1913 Webster]
Marline spike, Marling spike (Naut.), an iron tool
tapering to a point, used to separate the strands of a
rope in splicing and in marling. It has an eye in the
thick end to which a lanyard is attached. See Fid.
[Written also marlin spike]
Marline-spike bird. [The name alludes to the long middle
tail feathers.] (Zool.)
(a) A tropic bird.
(b) A jager, or skua gull.
[1913 Webster] |
Marline-spike bird
(gcide) | Jager \Ja"ger\, n. [G. j[aum]ger a hunter, a sportsman. Cf.
Yager.] [Written also jaeger.]
1. (Mil.) A sharpshooter. See Yager.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) Any species of gull of the genus Stercorarius.
Three species occur on the Atlantic coast. The jagers
pursue other species of gulls and force them to disgorge
their prey. The two middle tail feathers are usually
decidedly longer than the rest. Called also boatswain,
and marline-spike bird. The name is also applied to the
skua, or Arctic gull (Megalestris skua).
[1913 Webster]Marline \Mar"line\, n. [LG. marlien, marling, or D. marling,
marlijn, fr. D. marren to tie, prob. akin to E. moor, v., and
lijn line: cf.F. merlin. See Moor, v., Line.] (Naut.)
A small line composed of two strands a little twisted, used
for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being
weakened by fretting.
[1913 Webster]
Marline spike, Marling spike (Naut.), an iron tool
tapering to a point, used to separate the strands of a
rope in splicing and in marling. It has an eye in the
thick end to which a lanyard is attached. See Fid.
[Written also marlin spike]
Marline-spike bird. [The name alludes to the long middle
tail feathers.] (Zool.)
(a) A tropic bird.
(b) A jager, or skua gull.
[1913 Webster] |
|