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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Nautical, an oblong or oval piece of wood with holes in it through which small lines are rove, forming a crowfoot, from which an awning is suspended.

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  1. n. Alternative form of euphroe.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Naut.) Same as euphroe.

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  • chained_bear "... an oblong block made of ash, without sheaves, from nine to thirty inches long, and two to five inches in diameter.... It has several holes bored through the middle at equal distances, and grooved round the outside to receive the rope by which it is suspended. It is used to suspend the awnings, by extending the small ropes through the holes lengthways along the middle of the awning."
    Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1816), 610

    See also euphroe. Oct 12, 2008

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