A piece of tallow placed in a cavity at the lower end of a sounding lead, to bring up the sand, shells, etc., of the sea bottom.

A piece of tallow put in the cavity and over the bottom of a lead-line.

Red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays.

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Puts system into full security (ON) mode, or "Codedout".

The act of furnishing with, or taking, arms.

the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war

The impressing of a heraldic device into the cover of a book.

Activating the vehicles alarm system