Word Meanings - HEADROPE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

That part of a boltrope which is sewed to the upper edge or head of a sail.

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• UPPERMOST
  Highest in place, position, rank, power, or the like; upmost; supreme. Whatever faction happens to be uppermost. Swift.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• UPPERTENDOM
  The highest class in society; the upper ten. See Upper ten, under Upper.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• SEWE
  To perform the duties of a sewer. See 3d Sewer.
• SEWAGE
  1. The contents of a sewer or drain; refuse liquids or matter carried off by sewers 2. Sewerage, 2.
• SEW
  Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy. Gower. I will not tell of their strange sewes. Chaucer.
• UPPER
  Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper lip; the upper side of a thing; the upper house of a legislature. The upper hand, the superiority; the advantage. See To
• SEWELLEL
  A peculiar gregarious burrowing rodent , native of the coast region of the Northwestern United States. It somewhat resembles a muskrat or marmot, but has only a rudimentary tail. Its head is broad, its eyes are small and its fur is brownish above,
• SEWERAGE
  1. The construction of a sewer or sewers. 2. The system of sewers in a city, town, etc.; the general drainage of a city or town by means of sewers.
• SEWEL
  A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place. Halliwell.
• BOLTROPE
  A rope stitched to the edges of a sail to strengthen the sail.
• SEWSTER
  A seamstress. B. Jonson.
• SEWER
  A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities. (more info) derivative of aqua water; cf. OF. essevour a drain, essever, esseuwer, essiaver, to cause to flow, to drain, to flow, LL.
• SEWIN
  See SEWEN
• SEWEN
  A British trout usually regarded as a variety of the salmon trout.
• SEWING
  1. The act or occupation of one who sews. 2. That which is sewed with the needle. Sewing horse (Harness making), a clamp, operated by the foot, for holding pieces of leather while being sewed. -- Sewing machine, a machine for sewing or stitching.
• BRUISEWORT
  A plant supposed to heal bruises, as the true daisy, the soapwort, and the comfrey.
• PRAISEWORTHINESS
  The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
• CAUSEWAYED; CAUSEYED
  Having a raised way ; paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté.
• HOUSEWIFE
  A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for 3. A hussy. Shak. Sailor's housewife, a ditty-bag. (more info) 1. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household. Shak. He a good husband, a good
• ELSEWISE
  Otherwise.
• HOUSEWARMING
  A feast or merry-making made by or for a family or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises. Johnson.
• HOUSEWIFELY
  Pertaining or appropriate to a housewife; domestic; economical; prudent. A good sort of woman, ladylike and housewifely. Sir W. Scott.
• SUPPER
  A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal. Note: Supper is much used in an obvious sense, either adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, supper time or supper-time, supper bell, supper hour, etc. (more info) originally
• HORSEWORM
  The larva of a botfly.
• GOOSEWINGED
  Having a "goosewing." Said of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel with foresail set on one side and mainsail on the other; wing and wing.
• HORSEWOOD
  A West Indian tree with showy, crimson blossoms.
• ELSEWHERE
  1. In any other place; as, these trees are not to be found elsewhere. 2. In some other place; in other places, indefinitely; as, it is reported in town and elsewhere.
• HORSEWHIP
  A whip for horses.
• ROSEWOOD
  A valuable cabinet wood of a dark red color, streaked and variegated with black, obtained from several tropical leguminous trees of the genera Dalbergia and Machærium. The finest kind is from Brazil, and is said to be from the Dalbergia nigra.
• HOUSEWRIGHT
  A builder of houses.
• GOOSEWING
  One of the clews or lower corners of a course or a topsail when the middle part or the rest of the sail is furled.