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Webster 1913 Edition

outrigger

out′rigˊger

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Noun.
1.
Any spar or projecting timber run out for temporary use, as from a ship’s mast, to hold a rope or a sail extended, or from a building, to support hoisting teckle.

Webster 1828 Edition

Outrigger

OUT'RIGGER

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Noun.
In seamen's language, a strong beam fixed on the side of a ship and projecting from it, in order to secure the masts in the operation of careening, by counteracting the strain it suffers from the effort of the careening tackle; also, a boom occasionally used in the tops to thrust out the breast back-stays to windward, to increase the angle of tension, and give additional security to the topmast. [See Prow.]

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