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Exact Match:

gaff: an iron hook with a handle; used for landing large fish; a spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail; a sharp metal spike or spur that is fastened to the leg of a gamecock

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rigged collapse: fitted or equipped with necessary rigging (sails and shrouds and stays etc)

dig in collapse

jib collapse: any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast)

mast collapse: a vertical spar for supporting sails; any sturdy upright pole; nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine; nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground; used especially as food for swine

stand fast collapse

hang in collapse

spar collapse: making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer; a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging; any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable; fight verbally; "They were sparring all night"; box lightly; fight with spurs; "the gamecocks were sparring"; furnish with spars

sail collapse: a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel; traverse or travel by ship on (a body of water); "We sailed the Atlantic"; "He sailed the Pacific all alone"; travel in a boat propelled by wind; "I love sailing, especially on the open sea"

hullabaloo collapse

outcry collapse

trimmed collapse: made neat and tidy by trimming; "his neatly trimmed hair"

hold fast collapse

take it collapse

uproar collapse

bear up collapse: endure cheerfully; "She bore up under the enormous strain"

hold out collapse: wait uncompromisingly for something desirable; "He held out for the dessert and did not touch the cheeses"

clamor collapse: loud and persistent outcry from many people; "he ignored the clamor of the crowd"; make loud demands; "he clamored for justice and tolerance"; utter or proclaim insistently and noisily; "The delegates clamored their disappointment"; compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring; "They clamored the mayor into building a new park"

hue and cry collapse

hubbub collapse: loud confused noise from many sources

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