water draught
31laden draught — ➔ draught * * * laden draught UK US UK (US laden draft) noun [C] ► TRANSPORT the depth of a ship when it is in the water and carrying something, taken from the lowest point of the ship to the level of the surface of the water: »a ship with a… …
32light draught — ➔ draught * * * light draught UK US UK (US light draft) noun [C] TRANSPORT ► the level that water reaches on a ship when it is not carrying anything → Compare LADEN DRAUGHT(Cf. ↑ …
33load draught — ➔ draught * * * load draught UK US UK (US load draft) noun [C] ► TRANSPORT the level to which part of a ship can safely go under the water when it is carrying goods, passengers, etc. without the ship sinking → Compare LADEN DRAUGHT(Cf. ↑ …
34Black draught — A black draught was a saline aperient mixture used, along with a blue pill, as a purgative in the 19th century and well into the early part of the 20th century, with veterinarians prescribing these to constipated cattle and horses.Mrs. Beeton s… …
35Lock (water transport) — Canal lock and lock keeper s cottage on the Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal at Marsworth in Hertfordshire, England …
36List of deep water ports — A deep water port is any port that can accommodate a fully laden Panamax ship. With the approval of the Panama Canal expansion proposal in October, 2006, this list will need to be significantly revised when the expansion is completed. Africa… …
37List of deep-water ports — A deep water port is any port that can accommodate a fully laden Panamax ship. With the approval of the Panama Canal expansion proposal in October, 2006, this list will need to be significantly revised when the expansion is completed. Contents 1… …
38Ap (water) — Ap ( IAST|áp ) is the Vedic Sanskrit term for water , in Classical Sanskrit occurring only in the plural, IAST|āpas (sometimes re analysed as a thematic singular, IAST|āpa ), whence Hindi IAST|āp . The term is from PIE hxap water .The Indo… …
39The Moon Under Water — This article is about the George Orwell essay. For the Ryan Cabrera album, see The Moon Under Water (album). The Moon Under Water was a 1946 essay by George Orwell. In the essay, which was published in the Evening Standard, Orwell provided a… …
40To make foul water — Foul Foul (foul), a. [Compar. Fouler ( [ e]r); superl. {Foulest}.] [OE. foul, ful, AS. f[=u]l; akin to D. vuil, G. faul rotten, OHG. f[=u]l, Icel. f[=u]l foul, fetid; Dan. fuul, Sw. ful foul, Goth. f[=u]ls fetid, Lith. puti to be putrid, L.… …
