"Hurrah, for the last time," said the mate; and the anchor came to the cat-head to the tune of "Time for us to go," with a loud chorus. Everything was done quick, as though it were for the last time.
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Cathead
//ˈkæthɛd//
Synonyms for "cathead" (6 found)
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17 translations across 11 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- رجام noun (heavy piece of timber projecting from a ship on which an anchor is raised or lowered, and secured)
Catalan
2 entries- arganell noun (heavy piece of timber projecting from a ship on which an anchor is raised or lowered, and secured)
- serviola noun (heavy piece of timber projecting from a ship on which an anchor is raised or lowered, and secured)
Dhivehi
1 entries- ގުޑުގުޑާ noun (heavy piece of timber projecting from a ship on which an anchor is raised or lowered, and secured)
Finnish
3 entries- fossiilia sisältävä rautamalmi noun (nodule of ironstone containing fossil remains)
- kissanpää noun (decorative element at the end of such a timber that often depicts a cat’s head)
- ranapalkki noun (heavy piece of timber projecting from a ship on which an anchor is raised or lowered, and secured)
German
1 entries- Kranbalken noun (heavy piece of timber projecting from a ship on which an anchor is raised or lowered, and secured)
Italian
3 entries- ceppo noun (heavy piece of timber projecting from a ship on which an anchor is raised or lowered, and secured)
- gru di capone noun (heavy piece of timber projecting from a ship on which an anchor is raised or lowered, and secured)
- grua di capone noun (heavy piece of timber projecting from a ship on which an anchor is raised or lowered, and secured)
Polish
1 entries- kotbelka noun (heavy piece of timber projecting from a ship on which an anchor is raised or lowered, and secured)
Portuguese
1 entries- serviola noun (heavy piece of timber projecting from a ship on which an anchor is raised or lowered, and secured)
Russian
1 entries- кат-ба́лка noun (heavy piece of timber projecting from a ship on which an anchor is raised or lowered, and secured)
Swedish
1 entries- kranbalk noun (heavy piece of timber projecting from a ship on which an anchor is raised or lowered, and secured)
Ukrainian
2 entries- кат-балка noun (heavy piece of timber projecting from a ship on which an anchor is raised or lowered, and secured)
- кра́мбол noun (heavy piece of timber projecting from a ship on which an anchor is raised or lowered, and secured)
Sample sentences
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The cat-heads had burned away, and the two red-hot anchors had gone to the bottom, tearing out after them two hundred fathom of red-hot chain.
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A piece of a ferruginous ſtoney Nodule having in it 3 Leaves of a capillary Plant […] Theſe Nodules, vvith Leaves in them, are called Catheads, and ſeem to conſiſt of a ſort of Iron-Stone, not unlike that vvhich is found very plentifully at Robinshood's-Bay in Yorkſhire, and in the Rocks near VVhitehaven in Cumberland: vvhere they there call 'em Cat-Scaups, and are frequently melted vvith the ſofter Iron-Ores.
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The trick to eating catheads was to get the butter on them before they got cold—then they were delicious. When, unluckily, they were allowed to get cold, they tended to a gooeyness, not unlike a wad of tired gum.
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