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A historical form of punishment meted out to sailors at sea. The sailor was tied to a line that was looped beneath the vessel. Then he was thrown overboard on one side of the ship and dragged under the ship's keel. Depending on the severity of the crime, the keelhauling could be done from either one side of the ship to the other, or the length of the ship from bow to stern. If the offender was pulled quickly, keelhauling would typically result in serious injury caused by marine growth (barnacles) on the underside of the hull. If the victim was dragged slowly, his weight might lower him sufficiently to miss the barnacles, but this method would frequently result in drowning.
A sea shanty (song) about a young sailor trying to sleep with a maiden. Also known as "Abel Brown ".
The pedestal or housing for the ship's compass, usually located on the bridge or in the wheelhouse.
a vicious man or beast. Evilly inclined. An idle waster
A raised part of a ships bridge around the compass binnacle.
Where the compass is kept on board the ship
Barnacle Bills is London Cockney rhyming slang for testicles (pills).
Bar with spherical correcting magnets. Found on a binnacle, its role is to fine-tune the accuracy of the compass.
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n.
A stalked barnacle of the genus Lepas, or family Lepadidae; a goose barnacle. Also used adjectively.
n.
An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him.
n.
One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.
n.
A binnacle.
n.
A sort of stem by which certain shells and barnacles are attached to other objects. See Illust. of Barnacle.
n.
See Barnacle.
n.
A bernicle goose.
n.
Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc., esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and (b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle.
n. pl.
A division of Cirripedia, including the stalked or goose barnacles.
n.
The triangular middle part of each segment of the shell of a barnacle.
n.
An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See Cirripedia.
n.
A bernicle goose.
a.
Resembling an acorn; -- applied to a group of barnacles having shells shaped like acorns. See Acornshell, and Barnacle.
n.
Any one of various species of Lepas, a genus of pedunculated barnacles found attached to floating timber, bottoms of ships, Gulf weed, etc.; -- called also goose barnacle. See Barnacle.
sing.
Spectacles; -- so called from their resemblance to the barnacles used by farriers.
imp. & p. p.
of Manacle
n.
One of the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus Balanus. See Barnacle.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Manacle
n.
A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids.
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