 | Luke Hebert - 1835 - 816 sider
...sword blades, locks of pistols, &c. See IRON. DAVIT. A projecting piece of timber, used as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow of a ship. DEAD LIGHTS. Strong wooden shutters for closing the stern windows of a ship in bad weather.... | |
 | Luke Hebert - 1836 - 814 sider
...sword blades, locks of pistols, &c. See IRON. DAVIT. A projecting piece of timber, used as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow of a ship. DEAD LIGHTS. Strong wooden shutters for closing the stern windows of a ship in bad weather.... | |
 | Dictionary - 1844 - 412 sider
...imported in 1840, 884 cwt. DAVIT. In shipping, a piece of timber used as a crane to hoist the flooks of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the planks of the ship's side as it ascends ; an operation which by seamen is called fishing the anchor. The anchors being situated... | |
 | James Knowles - 1851 - 818 sider
...honour of Sir H. Davy. DAVIT, da-vlt, n. A beam used on board of a ship, as a crane to hoist the nukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship. The operation is called fishing the anchor. DAW, di', n. A bird. DAW, di', ri. To... | |
 | 1861 - 842 sider
...texture, so called in honour of Sir H. Davy. DAVIT, da-v!t, n. A beam used on board of a ship, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship. The operation is called fishing the anchor. DAW, di', n. A bird. DAW, da', ri. To... | |
 | William Henry Smyth - 1867 - 836 sider
...suspend cue end of a boat. — Fish-davit, is a beam of timber, with a roller or sheave at its end, used as a crane, whereby to hoist the flukes of the...the bow, without injuring the planks of the ship's side as it ascends, and called fishing the anchor; the lower end of this davit rests on the fore-chains,... | |
 | William Henry Smyth - 1867 - 804 sider
...Fish-davit, is a beam of timber, with a roller or sheave at its end, used as a crane, whereby to hoist tl*e flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the planks of the ship's side as it ascends, nud called fishing the anchor; the lower end of this davit rests on the fore-chains,... | |
 | 1862 - 900 sider
...Farewell, and leads N. into Baffin's Bay. DITII, da -vit, я. A beam used on board of ships, гз a crane, to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship, an operation which is called fishing the anchor. DAVITÏ, da'-vite, s. A fibrous... | |
 | Popular encyclopedia - 1879 - 514 sider
...principal being Hudson's Strait, the entrance to Baffin's Bay, and Northumberland Inlet. DAV IT, in a ship, a long beam of timber used as a crane whereby to hoist...anchor to the top of the bow without injuring the sides of the vessel as it ascends — an operation which is called by mariners fshiivj the anclior.... | |
 | C. Bankes Brookes - 1879 - 264 sider
...fore-part of a ship's prow, which cuts the water. Dav'it. — A beam used on board ship as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow ; an operation called fishing the anchor. The term is also applied to pieces of timber or iron projecting... | |
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Davit ; a long beam of timber, used as a crane, whereby to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the planks of the ship's sides as it ascends. 
