• Choose a category
• All
• Classic-Fiction

en

In or toward the middle of a ship.

eo

Wicker sleds.

ep

Flat-bottomed fishing boat.

eq

Farmyard or enclosure where piles of hay, corn, etc., are stored.

er

Monastic or monkish.

es

Bed of straw.

et

Member of the Church of England.

eu

Small pieces of cloth worn on the chest and back by some Roman Catholics.

ev

A hussar is a cavalry soldier, and a dolman the jacket he typically wears.

ew

Attempted.

ex

Surface at the back or side of a fireplace.

ey

Carriage.

ez

Former name of the Chao Phraya River, which flows through Bangkok into the Gulf of Siam (now Gulf of Thailand).

fa

Paknam is a Siamese port; a pagoda is a tall East Asian tower that serves as a temple or memorial.

fb

Cabin.

fc

Unfamiliarity (that is, with the ship and its crew).

fd

Range of perception.

fe

Compass stand.

ff

posts used for fastening cable at the foremast.

fg

Skylight for a lower deck or cabin.

fh

Private cabin.

fi

Rope rungs used by seamen to climb the rigging of the mizzenmast.

fj

Devices that keep objects stable in a rocking ship.

fk

Noose.

fl

Island off the southwest coast of Borneo.

fm

Exhausted.

fn

Eccentric.

fo

Braces are ropes used to control the horizontal motion of a yard; after here means aft, or toward the stern.

fp

Having a striking or impressive appearance.

fq

Scolding, denouncing.

fr

Tacking is sailing in a zigzag course in order to move opposite to the direction the wind is blowing.

fs

Moderately, fairly.

ft

Toward the lee, the side of the ship sheltered from the wind.

fu

Cambodian.

fv

Connects; provides passage to.

fw

Turning windward while tacking.

fx

British one-pound gold coins.

fy

Bottle holder.

fz

Head.

ga

In Greek mythology, a boat transporting dead souls to the underworld.

gb

Began to move backward.

gc

Forward end.