Word Meanings - OUTBOARD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Beyond or outside of the lines of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; in a direction from the hull or from the keel; -- opposed to inboard; as, outboard rigging; swing the davits outboard.

Related words: (words related to OUTBOARD)

• SWASHY
  Soft, like fruit that is too ripe; quashy; swash.
• SWEETLY
  In a sweet manner.
• SWEETISH
  Somewhat sweet. -- Sweet"ish*ness, n.
• SWEETING
  1. A sweet apple. Ascham. 2. A darling; -- a word of endearment. Shak.
• SWATH
  zwade, a swath of grass, G. schwad, schwaden; perhaps, originally, a 1. A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the scythe in mowing or cradling. 2. The whole sweep of a scythe, or the whole breadth from which grass or grain is cut
• SWUM
  imp. & p. p. of Swim.
• SWYTHE
  Quickly. See Swithe. Sy, obs. imp. of See.
• SWEETHEART
  A lover of mistress.
• SWAYING
  An injury caused by violent strains or by overloading; -- said of the backs of horses. Crabb.
• SWAGE
  See ASSUAGE (more info) Etym:
• SWARTHINESS
  The quality or state of being swarthy; a dusky or dark complexion; tawniness.
• OPPOSABILITY
  The condition or quality of being opposable. In no savage have I ever seen the slightest approach to opposability of the great toe, which is the essential distinguishing feature of apes. A. R. Wallace.
• SWILLINGS
  See 1
• SWABBER
  To swab.
• SWADDLE
  Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band. They put me in bed in all my swaddles. Addison.
• SWANNERY
  A place where swans are bred. "The largest swannery in England." Encyc. Brit.
• SWEATY
  1. Moist with sweat; as, a sweaty skin; a sweaty garment. 2. Consisting of sweat; of the nature of sweat. No noisome whiffs or sweaty streams. Swift. 3. Causing sweat; hence, laborious; toilsome; difficult. "The sweaty forge." Prior.
• SWEETROOT
  Licorice.
• SWEDISH
  Of or pertaining to Sweden or its inhabitants. Swedish turnip. See under Turnip.
• SWANKIE; SWANKY
  An active and clever young fellow. Sir W. Scott.
• UPSWAY
  To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club. Sir W. Scott.
• DISWITTED
  Deprived of wits or understanding; distracted. Drayton.
• CHURCHLINESS
  Regard for the church.
• FRIENDLINESS
  The condition or quality of being friendly. Sir P. Sidney.
• LORDLINESS
  The state or quality of being lordly. Shak.
• BASSWOOD
  The bass or its wood; especially, T. Americana. See Bass, the lime tree. All the bowls were made of basswood, White and polished very smoothly. Longfellow.
• ENSWEEP
  To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly. Thomson.
• FORSWORNNESS
  State of being forsworn.
• ASWOON
  In a swoon. Chaucer.
• MAINSWEAR
  To swear falsely. Blount.