SPage 325
- 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.