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noun
- A cargo boat, with a large flat bottom and sharp ends, formerly used on the Great Lakes and the Missouri River (to a lesser extent, elsewhere).
- A shooner-rigged boat once used on the Great Lakes.
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noun
- The chief, and tallest mast of a sailing ship that has more than one mast
| | mainsail |
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noun
- (nautical) The largest (or only) sail on a sailing boat
| | mainsheet |
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noun
- (nautical) The rope connected to and controlling the mainsail
| | mainstay |
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noun
- A chief support.
- Agriculture is the of this country's economy.
- (nautical) A stabilise, stabilising rope from the top of the mainmast to the bottom of the foremast.
| | make |
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noun
- (context, of a car) brand, Brand; often paired with model.
- What car do you drive?
verb (makes, making, made)
- To create, construct or produce.
- We made a bird feeder for our yard.
- They hope to a bigger profit.
- We"ll a man out of him yet.
- To constitute.
- They a cute couple.
- This makes the third infraction.
- (context, construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
- I don"t know what to of it.
- (context, usually stressed) To bring into success.
- This company is what made you.
- She married into wealth. She has it made.
- (context, second object is an adjective) To cause to be.
- The citizens made their objections clear.
- This might you a bit woozy.
- (context, second object is a verb) To cause to do.
- You"re making her cry.
- I was made to feel like a criminal.
- (context, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
- The teacher made the student study.
- Don"t let them you suffer.
- (context, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
- His past mistakes don"t him a bad person.
- (context, of a person being sought) To recognise (without being recognised in return)
- 2004, George Nolfi et al, w:Ocean's Twelve, Ocean's Twelve, Warner Bros. Pictures, 0:50:30,
- :<span style="font-variant:small-caps">Linus Caldwell:</span> Well, she just made Danny and Yen, which means in the next 48 hours the three o' your pictures are gonna be in every police station in Europe.
- 2007 May 4, Andrew Dettmann et al, "Under Pressure", episode 3-22 of w:Numb3rs, Numb3rs, 00:01:16,
- :<span style="font-variant:small-caps">David Sinclair:</span> (walking) Almost at Seventh; I should have a visual any second now. (rounds a corner, almost collides into Kaleed Asan) Damn, that was close.<br /><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Don Eppes:</span> David, he you?<br /><span style="font-variant:small-caps">David Sinclair:</span> No, I don't think so.
| | Marine |
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adjective
- Of, or pertaining to, a marine corps.
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| | maritime |
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adjective
- Related to the sea or sailing
- I enjoy maritime activities such as yachting and deep sea diving.
- Bordering on the sea
- the maritime states.
- Living near or in the sea
- maritime animals.
- Of or relating to a mariner or sailor
| | Mark |
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proper noun (book of the Bible, Gospel of Mark)
- (given name, male). Jocular diminutive: Marky.
- (biblical) w:Mark the Evangelist, Mark the Evangelist, also called John Mark, first patriarch of Alexandria and credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark.
- (biblical) The Gospel of St. Mark, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the second of the four gospels.
| | marlin |
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noun (plural marlins)
- A game fish having a pointed spearlike upper jaw belonging to either of the genera Tetrapturus or Makaira.
| | martingale |
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noun
- A piece of harness used on a horse to keep it from raising its head above a desired point.
- (nautical) A spar, or piece of rigging that strengthens the bowsprit.
- A gambling strategy in which one doubles the stake after each loss.
- (fencing) A strap attached to the sword handle, preventing a sword being dropped if disarmed.
| | mask |
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noun
- A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection
- a dancer's ; a fencer's ; a ball player's
- That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
- A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive show - Bacon
- Milton:
- : This thought might lead me through the world's vain .
- (obsolete) A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.
- (architecture) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron.
- (context, fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
- (context, fortification) A screen for a battery
- (zoology) The lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
verb
- (transitive) To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
- Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor, IV,vi:
- : They must all be masked and vizarded
- (transitive) To disguise; to cover; to hide.
- Shakespeare, Macbeth, III-i:
- : Masking the business from the common eye
- (military, transitive) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
- (military, transitive) To cover or keep in check
- to a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out
- (intransitive) To take part as a masker in a masquerade - Cavendish
- (intransitive) To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way - Shakespeare
| | mast |
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noun
- A tall, slim structure used to support, for example, the sails on a ship, floodlights or an aerial.
| | mend |
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noun
- A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending.
- The act of mending.
verb (mends, mending, mended)
- To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine.
- To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.
- To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
- To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.
| | merchant |
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noun
- One who buys and sells for business.
| | mess |
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noun
- (obsolete) Mass; church service.
- A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for a person or party for one meal; also, the food given to a beast at one time.
- A of pottage.
- A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common; especially, persons in the military or naval service who eat at the same table.
- The wardroom .
- A set of four; " from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner.
- The milk given by a cow at one milking.
verb (messes, messing, messed)
- (intransitive) To take meals with a mess.
- (intransitive) To belong to a mess.
- (intransitive) To eat (with others).
- I with the wardroom officers.
- (transitive) To supply with a mess.
| | mizzenmast |
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noun - (nautical) The third mast from the bow on a ship having three or more masts
- (nautical) The shorter, after mast of a ship having two masts, such as a ketch or yawl
| | monoplane |
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noun
- An airplane that has a single pair of wings
| | moonraker |
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noun
- (nautical) a small, light sail high on a mast; a moonsail
- a smuggler from Wiltshire
| | moorage |
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noun
- The act of mooring.
- A place where a ship or an aircraft may be moored.
- The fee for mooring.
| | mooring |
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noun
- A place to moor a vessel
- The act of securing a vessel with a cable or anchor etc.
verb
- (present participle of, moor)
| | motorboat |
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noun - (nautical) any vessel driven by an engine (either inboard or outboard), but especially a small one
| | MS |
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abbreviation
- Mississippi, a state of the United States of America.
- manuscript, Manuscript.
- Master of Science.
- middle school, Middle School.
- Morphine. (Morphine Sulfate)
- multiple sclerosis, Multiple sclerosis, a chronic, inflammatory, demyelinating disease
initialism
- Microsoft
| | mule |
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noun
- A generally sterile hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
- (informal) A stubborn person.
- (slang) A person paid to smuggle drugs.
- A woman's shoe that has no fitting or strap around the heel
| | MV |
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abbreviation
- motor vessel
- motor vehicle
- merchant vessel
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