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Brewer's: Fore-and-Aft

Lengthwise, in opposition to “athwart-ships” (or across the line of the keel). (Dana: Seaman's Manual, p. 96.) “A slight spar-deck fore-and-aft.” —Sir W. Raleigh. Source: Dictionary of…

Sacks

AFCNoBruce Smith, Buf.14.0Michael Sinclair, Sea.12.0Peter Boulware*, Bal.11.5Dan Footman, Ind.10.5Dan Williams, KC10.5Bryce Paup, Buf.9.5Derrick Thomas, KC9.5Michael McCrary, Bal.9.0Chris…

Brewer's: Brigantine

(3 syl.) or Hermaphrodite Brig. A two-masted vessel with a brig's foremast and a schooner's mainmast. (Dana's Seaman's Manual.) A pirate vessel. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E…

Brewer's: Companion Ladder

The ladder leading from the poop to the main deck. The “companion way” is the staircase to the cabin. (Dana: Seaman's Manual.) The staircase from the deck to the cabin. Source:…

Brewer's: Dead-eye

in nautical phrase, is a block of wood with three holes through it, for the lanyards of rigging to reeve through, without sheaves, and with a groove round it for an iron strap. (Dana:…

Brewer's: Dead-flat

(A), in ship architecture, one of the bends amidship. (Dana.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Dead FreightDead-eye A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…

NFC East

1999 NFL Preview AFC East • NFC East AFC Central • NFC Central AFC West • NFC West Dallas Cowboys - Put away your shovels because the Cowboys aren't dead yet. The Cowboys were humiliated by…