10 LIBRI IN INGLESE ASSOCIATI CON «UNDERMASTED»
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The American Encyclopaedic Dictionary: A ... Work of ...
Bat she was much undermasted and undersailed." — Backlugt: Voyages, ii. 201.
fin -der-mas -t8r, ». [Prefix under-, and Eng. matter, s. J An inferior or subordinate
master. "And no the lawe was our vndirmaister in Crist that we ban lustified of ...
2
The imperial encyclopaedic dictionary: a new and exhaustive ...
Inadequately or insufficiently masted; said of a ship when the masts are either too
small or too abort, so that she cannot spread the sail to give her tbe proper speed
. " Bat she was mach undermasted and undersailed." — Backtuyt: Voyages, ii.
3
Wooden Shipbuilding: A Comprehensive Manual for Wooden ...
A Comprehensive Manual for Wooden Shipbuilders to which is Added a Masting
& Rigging Guide William John Thompson. U Under Foot. — When the anchor is
directly below the hawse pipe, it is under foot. Undermasted. — When the masts ...
William John Thompson,
1918
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The New American Encyclopedic Dictionary: An Exhaustive ...
undermasted 4277 undersay un'-de*r-mast-5d, a. [Pref. under-, and English
masted.] Inadequately or insufficiently masted; said of a ship when the masta are
either too small or too short, so that she cannot spread the sail to .give her the
proper ...
Edward Thomas Roe, Le Roy Hooker, Thomas W. Handford,
1907
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The Anglo-American Encyclopedia and Dictionary: Dictionary ...
undermasted 4277 undersay tin- der - mast-Sd, a. [Pref. under-, and English
masted.} Inadequately or insufficiently masted: said of a ship when the masts are
either too small or too short, so that Bhe cannot spread the sail to give her the
proper ...
6
The Navy: Its Past and Present State. In a Series of Letters ...
All those constructed by the Navy Board sail badly, and are just as much
undermasted as the forty-two's are overmasted, and have about the same chance
of being improved as the others. They are quite unfit to cope with the corvettes of
other ...
Sir Charles NAPIER, William Francis Patrick Napier,
1851
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The navy, its past and present state, in a series of letters
I have no doubt, but it has been often reported, that the forty-two- gun frigates are
overmasted, and as often that the twenty-eight's are undermasted without effect. It
has often been represented, that a ship taking fire, though surrounded by water ...
Sir Charles Napier, Sir William Francis Patrick Napier,
1851
8
An English-Welsh pronouncing dictionary: with an analysis of ...
... coegswyddwr Underlip, yn-der-lip', s. y wefus isaf Undertook, yn. der loo', s.
tangndyn Undermasted, yn-der-mast'-ed, a. rhy fyr ei hwylbreni Undermaster, yn-
der-mas'-ter, s ïsfeistr Undermeal, yn-der-mil', s. ïshryd Undermine, yn-der-mein',
...
... they become logs, at the mercy of the winds and waves. Masts tend to
counteract the effect of the dead weight below, and prevent that quick,
disagreeable rolling motion which is experienced in vessels that are
undermasted, and no seaman ...
Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies,
1868
These vessels were not built for troop ships, hut, so far from having spoiled them
by the alterations which they had made in them, the Admiralty had very
considerably undermasted them. They were built for carrying cargoes which
would be put ...