Meaning of dolphin | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A man-made semi submerged maritime structure, usually installed to provide a fixed structure for temporary mooring, to prevent ships from drifting to shallow water or to serve as base for navigational aids.
2. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
3. A member of an athletic team called the Dolphins, such as the Miami Dolphins and teams of various institutions of learning.
4. A carnivorous aquatic mammal in one of several families of the infraorder Cetacea, famed for its intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans.
5. A township in Knox County, Nebraska, United States.
   countable, uncountable
6. dauphin
7. Tursiops truncatus, (Atlantic bottlenose dolphin) the most well-known species.
8. An unincorporated community in Brunswick County, Virginia, United States.
   countable, uncountable
9. successor
10. A fish, the mahi-mahi or dorado, Coryphaena hippurus, with a dorsal fin that runs the length of the body, also known for iridescent coloration.
11. An unincorporated community in San Juan County, Washington, United States.
    countable, uncountable
12. A depiction of a fish, with a broad indented fin, usually embowed.
13. A hamlet in Brynford community, Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ1973).
    countable, uncountable
14. The dauphin, eldest son of the kings of France.
15. Synonym of Delphinus (constellation).
    countable, uncountable
16. A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped through the deck and the hull of an enemy's vessel to sink it.
17. A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.
18. A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.
19. A mooring post on a wharf or beach.
20. A permanent fender designed to protect a heavy boat, bridge, or coastal structure from the impact of large floating objects such as ice, floating logs, or vessels.
21. One of the handles above the trunnions by which a gun was lifted.
    obsolete
22. A person who buys shares on the primary market only to resell them immediately at a high profit.
    US, slang

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Examples

“At each end⟳ of the piers in the water, in cases where several rows of pile are driven, a sort⟳ of cutwater should be formed, in order⟳ to ward off heavy bodies, such as floating trees, ice, etc. and prevent⟳ them from injuring the superstructure (called in German constructions, "Eisbrecher," or ice-breaker). This is usually done by driving one pile by itself in advance of the rest⟳, or by forming what is called a "dolphin" at each end⟳ of the pier.”

“An ice-breaker or dolphin was also constructed during the latter part of the autumn, a little above the site for No. 2 dam, or that for the twoer nearest the Pesth shore; this dolphin, which served as a protection against the ice, rafts, &c. was constructed at this time, so that a means might be afforded of judging of the actual force⟳ of the ice during the winter ensuing; and the event proved that its construction was most fortunate, as the winter of 1840-41 was unusually severe.”

“The Dolphin is now seldom used, but a rope treated in the same manner, with mousings raised on it at regular intervals, is sometimes put⟳ around a Launch⟳, just below the gunwale outside and secured there as a sort⟳ of permanent fender; this also is called a Dolphin.”

“For a dolphin or buoy to be placed on the south point⟳ of Goat Island, in the harbor of Newport, one hundred and fifty dollars.”

“Sometimes a stoppage would take⟳ place⟳ owing to the accumulation of ice between the Dolphin and the dam, which kept that above back until a mass of ice more resembling an island than anything else it can be compared to, would force⟳ the whole mass before it, breaking up the large blocks accumulated at the dam into a thousand pieces.”

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