SCOTCHMAN
\skˈɒt͡ʃmən], \skˈɒtʃmən], \s_k_ˈɒ_tʃ_m_ə_n]\
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A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear.
By Oddity Software
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A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).