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A piece of oak bolted perpendicularly on the side of a vessel, to aid in drawing down and securing the clew of the mainsail.

• Securifera
  The Serrifera.
• Drawback
  A loss of advantage, or deduction from profit, value, success, etc.; a discouragement or hindrance; objectionable feature.
• Drawknife
  A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; -- called also drawshave, and drawing shave.
• Pieceless
  Not made of pieces; whole; entire.
• Securiform
  Having the form of an ax hatchet.
• Drawbar
  An openmouthed bar at the end of a car, which receives a coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided with a spring to give elasticity to the connection between the cars of a train.
• Drawing-room
  A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room.
• Piecely
  In pieces; piecemeal.
• Securipalp
  One of a family of beetles having the maxillary palpi terminating in a hatchet-shaped joint.
• Drawbench
  A machine in which strips of metal are drawn through a drawplate; especially, one in which wire is thus made; -- also called drawing bench.
• Drawled
  of Drawl
• Piecemeal
  In pieces; in parts or fragments.
• Securities
  of Security
• Drawbolt
  A coupling pin. See under Coupling.
• Drawling
  of Drawl
• Piecemealed
  Divided into pieces.
• Security
  The condition or quality of being secure; secureness.

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