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- English Word Sheet Definition A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom.
- English Word Sheet Definition The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern sheets.
- English Word Sheet Definition To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet.
- English Word Sheet Definition To expand, as a sheet.
- English Word Sheet anchor Definition A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel; -- called also waist anchor. See the Note under Anchor.
- English Word Sheet anchor Definition Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger; the best hope or refuge.
- English Word Sheet cable Definition The cable belonging to the sheet anchor.
- English Word Sheet chain Definition A chain sheet cable.
- English Word Sheeted Definition of Sheet
- English Word Sheetful Definition Enough to fill a sheet; as much as a sheet can hold.
- English Word Sheetfuls Definition of Sheetful
- English Word Sheeting Definition of Sheet
- English Word Sheeting Definition Cotton or linen cloth suitable for bed sheets. It is sometimes made of double width.
- English Word Sheeting Definition A lining of planks or boards (rarely of metal) for protecting an embankment.
- English Word Sheeting Definition The act or process of forming into sheets, or flat pieces; also, material made into sheets.
- English Word Sheik Definition The head of an Arab family, or of a clan or a tribe; also, the chief magistrate of an Arab village. The name is also applied to Mohammedan ecclesiastics of a high grade.
- English Word Sheil Definition Alt. of Sheiling
- English Word Sheiling Definition See Sheeling.
- English Word Shekel Definition An ancient weight and coin used by the Jews and by other nations of the same stock.
- English Word Shekel Definition A jocose term for money.
- English Word Shekinah Definition The visible majesty of the Divine Presence, especially when resting or dwelling between the cherubim on the mercy seat, in the Tabernacle, or in the Temple of Solomon; -- a term used in the Targums and by the later Jews, and adopted by Christians.
- English Word Sheld Definition Variegated; spotted; speckled; piebald.
- English Word Sheldafle Definition Alt. of Sheldaple
- English Word Sheldaple Definition A chaffinch.
- English Word Sheldfowl Definition The common sheldrake.
- English Word Sheldrake Definition Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna and allied genera, especially the European and Asiatic species. (T. cornuta, / tadorna), which somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit, but breeds in burrows.
- English Word Sheldrake Definition Any one of the American mergansers.
- English Word Shelduck Definition The sheldrake.
- English Word Shelf Definition A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament.
- English Word Shelf Definition A sand bank in the sea, or a rock, or ledge of rocks, rendering the water shallow, and dangerous to ships.