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n. An iron band, at the end of a bowsprit, fitted with eyes to take the bowsprit shrouds and the bobstay

n. Nautical, an old name for any boom-iron, but particularly for an iron cap attached to the outer end of the bowsprit, through which the jib-boom passes.

"Maria's rivers. - during the time we halted at the er. crance of Maria's river we experienced a very heavy shower of rain and hail attended with violent thunder and lightning."

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