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spanker
a fore-and-aft sail set on the aftermost lower mast (usually the mizzenmast) of a vessel
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Related Words:
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
related words >
advocate
,
alpenstock
,
antenna tower
,
arm
,
athletic supporter
,
back
,
backbone
,
backing
,
bandeau
,
barbican
,
bare pole
,
bearer
,
belfry
,
bell tower
,
boom
,
bowsprit
,
bra
,
brace
,
bracer
,
bracket
,
brassiere
,
bumpkin
,
buttress
,
campanile
,
cane
,
carrier
,
cervix
,
club
,
colossus
,
column
,
corset
,
crook
,
crossjack yard
,
crosstree
,
crutch
,
cupola
,
derrick
,
dolphin striker
,
dome
,
fire tower
,
flying jib boom
,
fore jack
,
fore-skysail mast
,
fore-skysail yard
,
fore-topgallant mast
,
fore-topgallant yard
,
fore-topmast
,
foremast
,
foreroyal mast
,
foreroyal yard
,
foreyard
,
foundation garment
,
fulcrum
,
gaff
,
girdle
,
gooseneck
,
guy
,
guywire
,
jack
,
jib boom
,
jock
,
jockstrap
,
king post
,
lantern
,
lazy jack
,
lighthouse
,
lower boom
,
main-royal mast
,
main-royal yard
,
main-skysail mast
,
main-topgallant mast
,
mainmast
,
mainstay
,
maintainer
,
martello
,
martello tower
,
masthead
,
minaret
,
mizzen
,
mizzen-royal mast
,
mizzenmast
,
monument
,
neck
,
obelisk
,
observation tower
,
pagoda
,
pilaster
,
pillar
,
pinnacle
,
pole
,
prop
,
pylon
,
pyramid
,
reinforce
,
reinforcement
,
reinforcer
,
rest
,
resting place
,
rigging
,
shaft
,
shoulder
,
shroud
,
skysail yard
,
skyscraper
,
spanker boom
,
spanker gaff
,
spar
,
spars
,
spine
,
spire
,
spreader
,
sprit
,
staff
,
standing rigging
,
standpipe
,
stave
,
stay
,
steeple
,
stick
,
stiffener
,
strengthener
,
stupa
,
support
,
supporter
,
sustainer
,
tack bumpkin
,
television mast
,
timber
,
tope
,
topgallant mast
,
topgallant yard
,
topmast
,
tour
,
tower
,
tree
,
turret
,
upholder
,
walking stick
,
water tower
,
whisker boom
,
whisker pole
,
windmill tower
,
yard
,
yardarm
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
related words >
Chinese boxing
,
altercate
,
argue
,
argufy
,
bandy words
,
bar
,
bare pole
,
battle
,
beam
,
bicker
,
boom
,
bout
,
bowsprit
,
box
,
boxing
,
boxing match
,
brawl
,
broil
,
bumpkin
,
cant hook
,
cavil
,
choplogic
,
clash
,
claw bar
,
close
,
close fighting
,
club
,
collide
,
combat
,
come to blows
,
contend
,
contest
,
crank
,
cross swords
,
crossjack yard
,
crosstree
,
crow
,
crowbar
,
cut and thrust
,
differ
,
discept
,
dispute
,
dolphin striker
,
duel
,
exchange blows
,
fence
,
feud
,
fight
,
fight a duel
,
fighting
,
fisticuffs
,
flite
,
flying jib boom
,
fore jack
,
fore-skysail mast
,
fore-skysail yard
,
fore-topgallant mast
,
fore-topgallant yard
,
fore-topmast
,
foremast
,
foreroyal mast
,
foreroyal yard
,
foreyard
,
gaff
,
give and take
,
give satisfaction
,
gooseneck
,
grapple
,
grapple with
,
handspike
,
hassle
,
have it out
,
have words
,
infighting
,
iron crow
,
jack
,
jib boom
,
jigger
,
jimmy
,
join issue
,
jostle
,
joust
,
king post
,
lazy jack
,
lever
,
limb
,
lock horns
,
logomachize
,
lower boom
,
main-royal mast
,
main-royal yard
,
main-skysail mast
,
main-topgallant mast
,
mainmast
,
marlinespike
,
mast
,
masthead
,
mix it up
,
mizzen
,
mizzen-royal mast
,
mizzenmast
,
moot
,
outrigger
,
peavey
,
pedal
,
pettifog
,
pinch bar
,
plead
,
pole
,
polemicize
,
polemize
,
prize
,
prizefight
,
prizefighting
,
pry
,
pugilism
,
quarrel
,
quibble
,
rassle
,
riot
,
ripping bar
,
run a tilt
,
savate
,
scramble
,
scrap
,
scuffle
,
set to
,
shadowboxing
,
skirmish
,
skysail yard
,
spanker boom
,
spanker gaff
,
spars
,
spat
,
spreader
,
sprit
,
squabble
,
stick
,
strive
,
struggle
,
tack bumpkin
,
take sides
,
the clinches
,
the fights
,
the ring
,
thrash out
,
thrust and parry
,
tiff
,
tilt
,
timber
,
topgallant mast
,
topgallant yard
,
topmast
,
tourney
,
treadle
,
tree
,
try conclusions
,
tussle
,
wage war
,
war
,
whisker boom
,
whisker pole
,
wrangle
,
wrecking bar
,
wrestle
,
yard
,
yardarm
rigging
collapse
gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails
related words >
accouterments
,
advocate
,
alpenstock
,
anchor chain
,
anchor rode
,
apparatus
,
apparel
,
appliances
,
appointments
,
appurtenances
,
arm
,
armament
,
artifice
,
athletic supporter
,
attire
,
back
,
backbone
,
backing
,
backropes
,
bandeau
,
bear raid
,
bearer
,
becket
,
block
,
boltrope
,
bow fast
,
bowline
,
bra
,
brace
,
bracer
,
bracket
,
brail
,
brassiere
,
breast fast
,
bull raid
,
buntline
,
buttress
,
cabal
,
cane
,
carrier
,
cervix
,
clothing
,
collusion
,
complicity
,
complot
,
confederacy
,
connivance
,
conspiracy
,
contrivance
,
contriving
,
conveniences
,
cordage
,
cording
,
corner
,
corner in
,
corset
,
counterplot
,
covin
,
crook
,
crossjack brace
,
crutch
,
deadeye
,
deep-laid plot
,
downhaul
,
dress
,
duds
,
duffel
,
earing
,
engineering
,
equipage
,
equipment
,
facilities
,
facility
,
fast
,
finagling
,
finesse
,
fittings
,
fixtures
,
flying jib martingale
,
flying jib stay
,
footropes
,
fore-skysail brace
,
fore-skysail lift
,
fore-topgallant shroud
,
fore-topgallant stay
,
fore-topmast backstay
,
fore-topsail lift
,
foreganger
,
foreroyal backstay
,
foreroyal lift
,
forerunner
,
forestay
,
foretack
,
foundation garment
,
frame-up
,
fulcrum
,
furnishings
,
furniture
,
game
,
gasket
,
gear
,
girdle
,
grab rope
,
guess-rope
,
guess-warp
,
guest rope
,
gunter
,
guy
,
guywire
,
halyard
,
harbor gasket
,
hawser
,
head fast
,
impedimenta
,
installations
,
intrigue
,
jock
,
jockstrap
,
kit
,
lanyard
,
lee sheet
,
lee tack
,
lifeline
,
lift
,
little game
,
machination
,
machinery
,
main brace
,
main-skysail brace
,
main-trysail vang
,
mainsheet
,
mainstay
,
maintainer
,
maneuvering
,
manipulation
,
martingale
,
mast
,
materiel
,
messenger
,
mizzen stay
,
mizzen-royal lift
,
mizzen-royal stay
,
mizzen-skysail brace
,
mizzen-skysail lift
,
mizzen-skysail stay
,
mizzen-topgallant lift
,
mizzen-topgallant stay
,
mizzen-topmast stay
,
mizzen-topsail lift
,
monopoly
,
munition
,
munitions
,
neck
,
outfit
,
outhaul
,
painter
,
paraphernalia
,
pennant hoist
,
plant
,
plot
,
plotting
,
plumbing
,
port tack
,
preventer backstay
,
prop
,
raid
,
raiment
,
ratline
,
reinforce
,
reinforcement
,
reinforcer
,
rest
,
resting place
,
rig
,
ropes
,
ropework
,
roping
,
running rigging
,
scheme
,
schemery
,
scheming
,
sea gasket
,
service
,
serving
,
sheet
,
shoulder
,
shroud
,
span
,
spanker peak halyard
,
spanker sheet
,
spine
,
spring
,
sprit
,
staff
,
standing rigging
,
starboard tack
,
stave
,
stay
,
stick
,
stiffener
,
stirrup
,
stock-in-trade
,
stratagem
,
strengthener
,
support
,
supporter
,
sustainer
,
tack
,
tackle
,
tackling
,
things
,
togs
,
trick
,
underplot
,
upholder
,
utensils
,
walking stick
,
wash sale
,
washing
,
weather sheet
,
web of intrigue
,
whipping
,
whisker jumper
,
wire-pulling
jib
collapse
any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast)
related words >
avert
,
avoid
,
back down
,
balance
,
balk
,
balloon sail
,
batten
,
bear off
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
cringe
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
dodge
,
draw aside
,
draw back
,
duck
,
ease off
,
edge off
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall back
,
falter
,
fear
,
fight shy
,
flinch
,
fly off
,
fly-by-night
,
flying kites
,
fore gaff-topsail
,
fore topgallant sail
,
fore-skysail
,
fore-topmast staysail
,
fore-topsail
,
foreroyal
,
foresail
,
forestaysail
,
gag
,
gee
,
glance
,
glance off
,
go off
,
hang back
,
haw
,
head off
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
jenny
,
jigger
,
jump
,
jump a mile
,
leg-of-mutton sail
,
loose-footed sail
,
lug
,
main gaff-topsail
,
main royal
,
main skysail
,
main-royal staysail
,
main-topsail
,
mainsail
,
make way for
,
mizzen
,
mizzen skysail
,
mizzen staysail
,
mizzen-royal staysail
,
mizzen-topgallant sail
,
moonraker
,
moonsail
,
move aside
,
panic
,
parachute spinnaker
,
pause
,
ponder
,
pull back
,
quail
,
recoil
,
reef
,
reef point
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
royal
,
scruple
,
sheer off
,
shilly-shally
,
shove aside
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shunt
,
shy
,
shy off
,
side
,
sidestep
,
sidetrack
,
sidle
,
skedaddle
,
skyscraper
,
spanker
,
spinnaker
,
spitfire
,
square sail
,
stampede
,
start
,
start aside
,
start back
,
startle
,
staysail
,
steer clear of
,
step aside
,
stern staysail
,
stick
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
storm trysail
,
straddle the fence
,
strain
,
strain at
,
stumble
,
swerve
,
switch
,
think twice about
,
topsail
,
trysail
,
turn aside
,
turn away
,
turn back
,
veer off
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
yield
rope
collapse
a strong line
fasten with a rope; "rope the bag securely"
related words >
Havana
,
allure
,
ample scope
,
anchor
,
anchor chain
,
anchor rode
,
attach
,
attract
,
ax
,
backropes
,
bag
,
bait
,
bait the hook
,
band
,
bandage
,
becket
,
beheading
,
belt
,
belvedere
,
bend
,
bind
,
bind up
,
blandish
,
blank check
,
block
,
boltrope
,
bow fast
,
bowline
,
box of cigars
,
brace
,
braid
,
brail
,
breast fast
,
bridle
,
bundle
,
buntline
,
burning
,
cable
,
cajole
,
capital punishment
,
carte blanche
,
catch
,
chain
,
cheroot
,
cigar
,
cigar box
,
cigar case
,
cigar cutter
,
cigarillo
,
cinch
,
clearance
,
coax
,
colorado
,
cord
,
corona
,
cross
,
crossjack brace
,
crucifixion
,
deadeye
,
death chair
,
death chamber
,
decapitation
,
decollation
,
decoy
,
defenestration
,
do up
,
downhaul
,
draw
,
draw in
,
draw on
,
drop
,
earing
,
elbowroom
,
electric chair
,
electrocution
,
enchain
,
enmesh
,
ensnare
,
entangle
,
entice
,
entrammel
,
entrap
,
execution
,
fast
,
fasten
,
fetter
,
field
,
flirt
,
flirt with
,
flying jib martingale
,
flying jib stay
,
footropes
,
fore-skysail brace
,
fore-skysail lift
,
fore-topgallant shroud
,
fore-topgallant stay
,
fore-topmast backstay
,
fore-topsail lift
,
foreganger
,
foreroyal backstay
,
foreroyal lift
,
forerunner
,
forestay
,
foretack
,
foul
,
free course
,
free hand
,
free play
,
free scope
,
full scope
,
full swing
,
fusillade
,
gallows
,
gallows-tree
,
garrote
,
gas chamber
,
gasket
,
gassing
,
gibbet
,
gird
,
girdle
,
girt
,
girth
,
give the come-on
,
grab rope
,
guess-rope
,
guess-warp
,
guest rope
,
guillotine
,
gunter
,
guy
,
gyve
,
halter
,
halyard
,
hamper
,
handcuff
,
hanging
,
harbor gasket
,
harpoon
,
hawser
,
head fast
,
hemlock
,
hemp
,
hempen collar
,
hitch
,
hobble
,
hog-tie
,
hook
,
hopple
,
hot seat
,
humidor
,
inveigle
,
judicial murder
,
lace
,
land
,
lanyard
,
lapidation
,
lash
,
lasso
,
latitude
,
lead on
,
leash
,
lee sheet
,
lee tack
,
leeway
,
lethal chamber
,
lifeline
,
lift
,
ligament
,
ligation
,
ligature
,
line
,
long rope
,
lure
,
maiden
,
main brace
,
main-skysail brace
,
main-trysail vang
,
mainsheet
,
mainstay
,
make fast
,
manacle
,
maneuvering space
,
margin
,
martingale
,
mesh
,
messenger
,
mizzen stay
,
mizzen-royal lift
,
mizzen-royal stay
,
mizzen-skysail brace
,
mizzen-skysail lift
,
mizzen-skysail stay
,
mizzen-topgallant lift
,
mizzen-topgallant stay
,
mizzen-topmast stay
,
mizzen-topsail lift
,
moor
,
nail
,
necktie party
,
net
,
no holds barred
,
noose
,
offer bait to
,
open space
,
outhaul
,
painter
,
peg down
,
pennant hoist
,
persuade
,
picket
,
pin down
,
pinion
,
play
,
poisoning
,
port tack
,
preventer backstay
,
put in irons
,
range
,
ratline
,
restrain
,
room
,
rope in
,
ropes
,
sack
,
scaffold
,
scope
,
sea gasket
,
sea room
,
secure
,
seduce
,
shackle
,
sheet
,
shooting
,
shroud
,
snag
,
snare
,
sniggle
,
space
,
span
,
spanker peak halyard
,
spanker sheet
,
spear
,
splice
,
spring
,
spun yarn
,
stake
,
starboard tack
,
stay
,
stinker
,
stirrup
,
stogie
,
stoning
,
straitjacket
,
strand
,
strangling
,
strangulation
,
strap
,
string
,
suck in
,
swaddle
,
swathe
,
swing
,
tack
,
take
,
tangle
,
tangle up with
,
tempt
,
tendon
,
tether
,
the ax
,
the block
,
the chair
,
the gallows
,
the gas chamber
,
the guillotine
,
the hot seat
,
the rope
,
the score
,
the truth
,
thong
,
tie
,
tie down
,
tie up
,
tolerance
,
trammel
,
trap
,
tree
,
trichinopoly
,
truss
,
twine
,
twist
,
way
,
weather sheet
,
whisker jumper
,
wide berth
,
wire
,
woo
,
wrap
,
wrap up
,
yarn
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"
related words >
aeroplane
,
airlift
,
airplane
,
balloon
,
balloon sail
,
batten
,
be airborne
,
be effortless
,
be painless
,
boat
,
boltrope
,
breeze
,
canoe
,
canvas
,
carry sail
,
circumnavigate
,
clew
,
cloth
,
coast
,
course
,
cringle
,
cross
,
crossing
,
crowd of sail
,
cruise
,
dart
,
drift
,
earing
,
embark
,
ferry
,
fleet
,
flit
,
float
,
flow
,
fly
,
fly-by-night
,
flying kites
,
foot
,
fore gaff-topsail
,
fore topgallant sail
,
fore-and-aft sail
,
fore-skysail
,
fore-topmast staysail
,
fore-topsail
,
foreroyal
,
foresail
,
forestaysail
,
galley
,
get under way
,
ghost
,
give no trouble
,
glide
,
glissade
,
go by ship
,
go easily
,
go like clockwork
,
go off soundings
,
go on shipboard
,
go to sea
,
have way upon
,
head
,
hop
,
hover
,
hydroplane
,
ice-skate
,
jenny
,
jet
,
jib
,
jigger
,
leech
,
leg
,
leg-of-mutton sail
,
loose-footed sail
,
luff
,
lug
,
main gaff-topsail
,
main royal
,
main skysail
,
main-royal staysail
,
main-topsail
,
mainsail
,
make a passage
,
mizzen
,
mizzen skysail
,
mizzen staysail
,
mizzen-royal staysail
,
mizzen-topgallant sail
,
moonraker
,
moonsail
,
motorboat
,
muslin
,
navigate
,
ocean trip
,
parachute spinnaker
,
passage
,
pilot
,
plain sail
,
plane
,
plow the deep
,
ply
,
present no difficulties
,
press of sail
,
push off
,
put off
,
put to sea
,
rag
,
reduced sail
,
reef
,
reef point
,
reefed sail
,
ride
,
ride the sea
,
roll
,
roller-skate
,
row
,
royal
,
run
,
run smoothly
,
sail away
,
sail round
,
sail the sea
,
sailboat
,
sailing boat
,
sailing cruiser
,
sailing ship
,
sailing vessel
,
sailplane
,
scud
,
scull
,
sea trip
,
seafare
,
seaplane
,
set sail
,
shakedown cruise
,
shoot
,
shove off
,
sideslip
,
skate
,
skateboard
,
ski
,
skid
,
skim
,
skyscraper
,
sled
,
sleigh
,
slide
,
slip
,
slither
,
soar
,
spanker
,
spinnaker
,
spitfire
,
square sail
,
staysail
,
steam
,
steamboat
,
steer
,
stern staysail
,
storm trysail
,
sweep
,
take a voyage
,
take the air
,
take wing
,
tall ship
,
toboggan
,
topsail
,
traverse
,
trysail
,
volplane
,
voyage
,
waft
,
walk the waters
,
windboat
,
windjammer
,
windship
,
wing
,
work well
,
yacht
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