dead-light

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“DEAD-LIGHTS, certain wooden ports which are made to fasten into the cabin-windows, to prevent⟳ the waves from gushing into a ship in a high sea. As they are made exactly to fit the windows, and are strong enough to resist⟳ the waves, they are always fixed in, on the approach⟳ of a storm, and the glass frames taken out, which might otherwise be shattered to pieces by the surges, and suffer⟳ great quantities of water to enter⟳ the vessel.”

“Even, if our sails like⟳ ribbons fly⟳, / And the dead-lights long are in, / Hard up the helm! and keep⟳ good heart! / Till skies are bright again.”

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