Swifter
['swɪftə] or ['swɪftɚ]
Definition
(n.) A rope used to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while men are turning it.
(n.) A rope used to encircle a boat longitudinally, to strengthen and defend her sides.
(n.) The forward shroud of a lower mast.
(v. t.) To tighten, as slack standing rigging, by bringing the opposite shrouds nearer.
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Examples
- The torpedo boat destroyer is a larger and swifter boat, whose special duty it is to overtake and destroy this dangerous little fighter. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Still larger and possibly swifter steamships are in process of construction, viz. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The swifter craft are seldom equipped with large buoyancy tanks, since the added bulk of them tends to reduce a vessel's speed. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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