Word Meanings - WHALEBACK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A form of vessel, often with steam power, having sharp ends and a very convex upper deck, much used on the Great Lakes, esp. for carrying grain.

• Havener
  A harbor master.
• Sharptail
  The pintail duck.
• Vesselfuls
  of Vesselful
• SHARPSIGHTED
  Having quick or acute sight; -- used literally and figuratively. -- Sharp`-sight`ed*ness, n.
• Convexo-convex
  Convex on both sides; double convex. See under Convex, a.
• Great-grandfather
  The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.
• Great-grandmother
  The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother.
• Sharped
  of Sharp
• Sharp-witted
  Having an acute or nicely discerning mind.
• Vesselful
  As much as a vessel will hold; enough to fill a vessel.
• SHARPWITTED
  Having an acute or nicely discerning mind.
• Convexo-plane
  Convex on one side, and flat on the other; plano-convex.
• Great-grandson
  A son of one's grandson or granddaughter.
• Haversack
  A bag for oats or oatmeal.
• Sharping
  of Sharp
• CONVEXOCONCAVE
  Convex on one side, and concave on the other. The curves of the convex and concave sides may be alike or may be different. See Meniscus.
• STEAMENGINE
  An engine moved by steam. Note: In its most common forms its essential parts are a piston, a cylinder, and a valve gear. The piston works in the cylinder, to which steam is admitted by the action of the valve gear, and communicates motion to the machin

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