come up the capstan!
111Melford Stevenson — Sir Aubrey Melford Steed Stevenson PC (17 October 1902 – 26 December 1987) was a British lawyer and High Court judge who served in many high profile cases. He defended Ruth Ellis and prosecuted suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams, both… …
112Folk music of England — Pentangle performing in 2007 Folk music of England refers to various types of traditionally based music, often contrasted with courtly, classical and later commercial music, for which evidence exists from the later medieval period. It has been… …
113Walkman — This article is about the Walkman brand. For information about the generic item, see Personal stereo. Walkman Walkman Line up in USA (2011) …
114Decima gallery — is a London based arts projects organisation with a reputation for irreverent projects,[1] according to a 2008 article in The London Paper: ART for sex, gay claims for Jesus, pantomime cows – all standard fare for infamous London gallery Decima.… …
115heave — [OE] Heave is part of a major family of English words that can trace their ancestry back to Indo European *kap ‘seize’. One of its Latin descendants was the verb capere ‘take’, which has given English capable, capacious, capstan, caption,… …
116heave — [OE] Heave is part of a major family of English words that can trace their ancestry back to Indo European *kap ‘seize’. One of its Latin descendants was the verb capere ‘take’, which has given English capable, capacious, capstan, caption,… …
117NTSC — This article is about the television system. For the Indonesian government agency, see National Transportation Safety Committee. Television encoding systems by nation; countries using the NTSC system are shown in green. NTSC, named for the… …
118catch — catchable, adj. /kach/, v., caught, catching, n., adj. v.t. 1. to seize or capture, esp. after pursuit: to catch a criminal; to catch a runaway horse. 2. to trap or ensnare: to catch a fish. 3. to intercept and seize; take and hold (something… …
119Anchor — For other uses, see Anchor (disambiguation). Ploudalmézeau, anchor of Amoco Cadiz An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, that is used to connect a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the vessel from drifting due to wind or… …
120Hull (watercraft) — Half hull of the 46 gun ship of the line Tigre, build from 1724 in Toulon after plans by Blaise Coulomb A hull is the watertight body of a ship or boat. Above the hull is the superstructure and/or deckhouse, where present. The line where the hull …
