DUNNAGES

Noun

dunnages

plural of dunnage

Anagrams

• Dane guns, dunegans, gunnades

Source: Wiktionary


DUNNAGE

Dun"nage, n. Etym: [Cf. Dun a mound.] (Naut.)

Definition: Fagots, boughs, or loose materials of any kind, laid on the bottom of the hold for the cargo to rest upon to prevent injury by water, or stowed among casks and other cargo to prevent their motion.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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