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Legs. Also "stems" or "pegs."
1. A wooden part (vertical timbers or planking) of the centerline structure of a boat, usually between the sternpost and amidships. It is used to fill the spaces where, owing to the shape of the vessel, the floor-timbers have to be discontinued. 2. A member of the Ship's Company that fills no purpose.
An expression used to show shock or disbelief
An expression of surprise.
Automatic air-brake application. Also the draft timbers and drawbar of a car, when extracted by force. If only the drawbar is pulled out, you say, "We got a lung," but if the draft timbers comewith it, you say, "We got the whole damn secret works"
– Pirate for “Well, I’ll be†or “Is that so?â€. Originating from when a cannon ball hits a ship and the planking shatters into splinters.
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n.
The art of stiffening or bracing a set of timbers, or the like, by putting in struts, ties, etc., till it has something of the character of a truss.
n.
Work made of timbers.
a.
To injure by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force; as, the gale strained the timbers of the ship.
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The timbers on which a ship is launched.
v.
The broadest part of a plank worked top and but (see Top and but, under Top, n.), or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
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The frame or timbers on which a ship rests while building.
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A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall. See Illust. of Timbers, under Roof.
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A long wooden pin used in fastening the planks of a vessel to the timbers or to each other.
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The highest timbers on the side of a vessel, being those above the futtocks.
n.
A bolt used by shipwrights, to bend and secure the planks against the timbers till they are fastened by bolts, spikes, or treenails; -- not to be confounded with ringbolt.
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.
n.
One of the principal transverse timbers of the stern, bolted to the sternpost and giving shape to the stern structure; -- called also transsummer.
v. t.
To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.
v. t.
A beam or rod for holding two parts together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which support the track and keep it in place.
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A tie securing two timbers together, not used for part of a regular truss, but serving a temporary purpose, as to provide against unusual strain.
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A piece of board that is laid upon a wall as a sort of plate, to give a level surface to the ends of floor timbers; -- rarely used in the United States.
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The timbers, etc., which form a truss, taken collectively.
n.
The act of furnishing with timber; also, timbers, collectively; timberwork; timber.
v. t.
A line of stout posts or timbers set firmly in the earth in contact with each other (and usually with loopholes) to form a barrier, or defensive fortification.
n.
A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
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