Hatchway
121wind sail — /wind/, Naut. a sail rigged over a hatchway, ventilator, or the like, to divert moving air downward into the vessel. [1715 25] * * * …
122booby-hatch — noun a) a small hatchway in the deck of a ship b) a lunatic asylum or similar institution …
123murmur — 1. noun /ˈmɜː(ɹ)ˌmə(ɹ)/ a) (countable) Low or indistinct sounds or speech. In the prison of the tween decks reigned a darkness pregnant with murmurs. The sentry at the entrance to the hatchway was supposed to prevent the prisoners from making a… …
124gabbart — noun A lighter or barge. A small one masted sailing or coasting vessel designed for inland navigation. <! The typical Scottish sailing barge from which most Scottish Canal craft were developed. A long narrow flat vessel or lighter with a… …
125Konstantin Tsiolkovsky — Born 17 September [O.S. 5 September] …
126McClintock Arctic Expedition — The McClintock Arctic Expedition of 1857 was a British effort to locate the last remains of the lost Franklin Arctic Expedition. Led by captain Francis Leopold McClintock aboard the steam yacht Fox, the expedition spent two years in the region… …
127Old Caloundra Light — on the right, New Caloundra Light on the left, 2008 …
128SMOLLETT (T. G.) — La destinée de Smollett, né dans les brumes d’Écosse et mort au soleil de la Méditerranée, ressortit encore plus étroitement que celle de son rival Fielding à l’univers picaresque. On y retrouve, programmé dès l’enfance, le thème de l’orphelin de …
