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tall and slender, as trees and spars
A wooden or metal pole used to support sails and rigging.
Rigging used to manipulate sails, spars, etc. in order to control the movement of the ship. The opposite of "Standing Rigging".
The arrangement of masts, spars, and sails on a sailing vessel.
Fibres of old rope packed between spars, or used as a fender.
Rigging which is used to support masts and spars, and is not normally manipulated during normal operations.
old Western term for Appaloosas that often had a sparse mane and tail.
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a.
Insufficiently provided with hands or workers; short-handed; sparsely populated.
v. t.
To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.
a.
Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast; designatb, or pertaining to, the third spars in order from the deck; as, the topgallant mast, yards, braces, and the like. See Illustration of Ship.
n.
An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle.
adv.
Sparsely.
v. t.
To take the spars, stakes, or bars from.
v. t.
To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order.
n.
A small quantity scattered, or sparsely distributed; a sprinkling.
v. t.
To dismantle; as, to strip a ship of rigging, spars, etc.
v. t.
To unfasten, as sails, from the spars or stays to which they are attached for use.
adv.
In a scattered or sparse manner.
superl.
Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population.
n.
The upper rigging, spars, etc., of a ship.
superl.
Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; -- applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like.
adv.
Sparsely; scatteredly; here and there.
a.
Having spars smaller than the usual dimension; -- said of vessels.
n.
The quality or state of being sparse; as, sparseness of population.
n.
DRess; tackle; especially (Naut.), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc. See Illustr. of Ship and Sails.
v. t.
To scatter; to disperse.
n.
A rope used for binding masts and spars.
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