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The mizzen sheeted to an outrigger (called an "outligger" by the crews of these boats).
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out-looker
▪ I. out-looker variant of outligger1 1.▪ II. ˈout-ˌlooker rare. [out- 8.] One who looks out or abroad.1637 Breton Packet Lett. (1879) 43/2 They may be kinde, but not constant, and Loue loues no out-lookers. So ˈoutˌlooking vbl. n. [out- 9], a looking forth or abroad; ppl. a. [out- 10], that looks o...
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outlicker
▪ I. † outligger1, outlicker Naut. Obs. Forms: α. 5, 8 outligger, 5 -lygger, owtlegger, 6 outleger, 7–8 -lager, 8 -leager, -layer. β. 6 outlicar, 7–8 -licker, 8 -leaker; 7 -looker. [Prob. a dial. form of outlier (cf. ligger n.), subsequently corrupted in various ways by those to whom the dial. lig, ...
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outrigger
outrigger (ˈaʊtˌrɪgə(r)) [f. out adv. + rig v.1 + -er1: but in various senses preceded by outligger, of which it may be in part an alteration.] Something rigged out or projecting. 1. Naut. a. A strong beam passed through the port-holes of a ship, used to secure the masts and counteract the strain in...
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loom
▪ I. loom, n.1 (luːm) Forms: 1 ᵹelóma, 3 leome, 3–7 lome, 5–7 loome, 6 Sc. lwme, (lowme, lumme, Sc. lwime), 6–7 lomb(e, 6, 9 Sc. lume, 9 Sc. leem, dial. leumm, 7– loom. [ME. lome, aphetic repr. OE. ᵹelóma wk. masc., utensil, implement, f. ᵹe- (y- prefix) + lóma as in andlóman (often andluman, andlam...
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