bull-roarer

Definitions

1. 1.(Naut.) A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging.
2. 2.A small round cloud, with a ruddy center, supposed by sailors to portend a storm.
3. 3.A small thick disk of glass inserted in a deck, roof, floor, ship's side, etc., to let in light.
4. 4.A circular or oval opening for air or light.
5. 5.A lantern, with a thick glass lens on one side for concentrating the light on any object; also, the lens itself. Dickens.
6. 6.(Astron.) Aldebaran, a bright star in the eye of Taurus or the Bull.
7. 7.(Archery & Gun.) The center of a target.
8. 8.A thick knob or protuberance left on glass by the end of the pipe through which it was blown.
9. 9.A small and thick old-fashioned watch. [Colloq.] BULL'S-NOSE Bull's"-nose`, n. (Arch.) An external angle when obtuse or rounded.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is a small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging called?
• What is a small round cloud, with a ruddy center, supposed by sailors to portend a storm called?
• What is a small thick disk of glass inserted in a deck, roof, floor, ship's side, etc., to let in light called?
• What is a circular or oval opening for air or light called?
• What is a lantern, with a thick glass lens on one side for concentrating the light on any object; also, the lens itself. Dickens called?
• What is aldebaran, a bright star in the eye of Taurus or the Bull called?
• What is the center of a target called?
• What is a thick knob or protuberance left on glass by the end of the pipe through which it was blown called?
• What is a small and thick old-fashioned watch. [Colloq.] BULL'S-NOSE Bull's"-nose`, n. (Arch.) An external angle when obtuse or rounded called?