Word Meanings - CROSSTREES - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large vessels, they support a semicircular platform called the "top."

• Callithumpian
  Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a callithump.
• Largeness
  The quality or state of being large.
• Support
  To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar supports a structure; an abutment supports an arch; the trunk of a tree supports the branches.
• Timberwork
  Work made of timbers.
• Callidity
  Acuteness of discernment; cunningness; shrewdness.
• Callosan
  Of the callosum.
• Largess
  Alt. of Largesse
• Supportable
  Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable.
• Attached
  of Attach
• Calligrapher
  One skilled in calligraphy; a good penman.
• Callose
  Furnished with protuberant or hardened spots.
• Largesse
  Liberality; generosity; bounty.
• Supportance
  Support.
• Uppermost
  Highest in place, position, rank, power, or the like; upmost; supreme.
• Attaching
  of Attach
• Calligraphic
  Alt. of Calligraphical
• Callosities
  of Callosity
• Larget
  A sport piece of bar iron for rolling into a sheet; a small billet.

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