Word Meanings - JACKSTAY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened.

Related words: (words related to JACKSTAY)

• ALONGSIDE
  Along or by the side; side by side with; -- often with of; as, bring the boat alongside; alongside of him; alongside of the tree.
• FASTENER
  One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.
• 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.
• 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.
• VESSELFUL
  As much as a vessel will hold; enough to fill a vessel.
• STRETCHING
  from Stretch, v. Stretching course , a course or series of stretchers. See Stretcher, 2. Britton.
• STRETCH
  OHG. strecchen, Sw. sträcka, Dan. strække; cf. AS. stræck, strec, strong, violent, G. strack straight; of uncertain origin, perhaps 1. To reach out; to extend; to put forth. And stretch forth his neck long and small. Chaucer. I in
• STRETCHER
  A brick or stone laid with its longer dimension in the line of direction of the wall. Gwilt. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, stretches.
• FASTENING
  Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc.
• ALONGSHORE
  Along the shore or coast.
• ALONG
  and- (akin to OFris. ond-, OHG. ant-, Ger. ent-, Goth. and-, anda-, 1. By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise. Some laid along . . . on spokes of wheels are hung. Dryden. 2. In a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward.
• ALONGST
  Along.
• ALONGSHOREMAN
  See LONGSHOREMAN
• VESSEL
  Any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc. (more info) vascellum, dim. of vasculum, dim. of vas a vessel. Cf. Vascular, 1. A hollow or concave utensil for
• FASTEN
  Etym: 1. To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window. 2. To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to
• KALONG
  A fruit bat, esp. the Indian edible fruit bat (Pteropus edulis).
• UNFASTEN
  To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie.
• AIR VESSEL
  A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel of a pump, engine, etc. For the latter, see Air chamber. The air vessels of insects are called tracheæ, of plants spiral
• COPPER-FASTENED
  Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship.
• DEWAR VESSEL
  A double-walled glass vessel for holding liquid air, etc., having the space between the walls exhausted so as to prevent conduction of heat, and sometimes having the glass silvered to prevent absorption of radiant heat; -- called also, according
• REFASTEN
  To fasten again.
• FAR-STRETCHED; FARSTRETCHED
  Stretched beyond ordinary limits.
• ALALONGA; ALILONGHI
  The tunny. See Albicore.
• FAR-STRETCHED
  Stretched beyond ordinary limits.
• BLOOD VESSEL
  Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein.