n.
In framing, the piece of timber fitted between two trimmers, and supported by them, and carrying the ends of the tailpieces. →
n.
Any one of several species of American food fishes, of the genus Haemulon, allied to the snappers, as, the black grunt (A. Plumieri), and the redmouth grunt (H. aurolineatus), of the Southern United States; -- also applied to allied species of the genera Pomadasys, Orthopristis, and Pristopoma. Called also pigfish, squirrel fish, and grunter; -- so called from the noise it makes when taken. →
n.
One of a pair of broad plates, developed from the outer maxillipeds of crabs, and forming a cover for the other mouth organs. →
n. & v.
A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle. →