Bible Encyclopedia: Rigging

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Self-Denial.
... The rudder determines the course of the ship; not its rigging and cargo; nor the
character of the crew, but its direction, the destination of the voyage, its ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/xvi self-denial.htm

From the Introduction of Methodism into the City of New York, in ...
... To accommodate all who wished to hear, they next hired a rigging loft in William
Street, and fitted it up for a place of public worship. ...
/.../chapter 2 from the introduction.htm

The First Games
... at "nuts"? "Nuts," or thimble-rigging, is only a graceful and crafty game,
too crafty for a dreaming and careless little boy. It ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bertrand/saint augustin/iv the first games.htm

The Coming of the Pharaoh
... Masts, rigging and oars were wrapped with lotus, roses and mimosa. Sails and
canopies were brilliant with dyes and undulant with fringes. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xiii the coming of.htm

A Boiling Sea
... coast. Only one got into the harbor, but grievously shattered, her rigging
torn in pieces, and her mainmast gone by the board. Wednesday ...
//christianbookshelf.org/wesley/the journal of john wesley/a boiling sea.htm

The Grave Stone.
... he toiled and laboured at the pumps and rigging and anchors as unremittingly as
before; and when some of the sailors made the cowardly attempt, by lowering a ...
//christianbookshelf.org/macduff/memories of bethany/xiii the grave stone.htm

When Appius Told his Mother and his Sister what Augustus had Said ...
... gone to Hades.". In half a moment slaves were up in the rigging and rushing
across the deck and tumbling into the galley. And that ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bacheller/vergilius/chapter 19 when appius told.htm

Voyage to China
... and asked him to let down the clews or corners of the mainsail, which had been drawn
up in order to lessen the useless flapping of the sail against the rigging ...
//christianbookshelf.org/taylor/a retrospect/chapter viii voyage to china.htm

Warning.
... "The Redoubtable" was the name of a French ship that Lord Nelson spared twice from
destruction; and it was from the rigging of that very ship that the fatal ...
//christianbookshelf.org/moody/sowing and reaping/chapter viii warning.htm

The Note of Cheer
... The ship is "driven up and down in Adria." Euroclydon roars through the
rigging. Mighty billows come crashing over the bulwarks. ...
/.../jackson/the message and the man/chapter v the note of.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rig.

2. (n.) Dress; tackle; especially (Naut.), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc. See Sails.

Thesaurus

Rigging (2 Occurrences)
...Rigging (2 Occurrences). Proverbs 23:34 Yes, you will be as he who lies down in
the midst of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging: (WEB NIV). ...
/r/rigging.htm - 7k

Mast (4 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, or spar, set upright
in a boat or vessel, to sustain the sails, yards, rigging, etc. ...
/m/mast.htm - 8k

Right (4703 Occurrences)

/r/right.htm - 14k

Labor (181 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) Any pang or distress. 6. (n.) The pitching or tossing of a vessel
which results in the straining of timbers and rigging. ...
/l/labor.htm - 38k

Furniture (24 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) The necessary appendages to anything, as to a machine, a carriage,
a ship, etc. 4. (n.) The masts and rigging of a ship. ...
/f/furniture.htm - 16k

Top (880 Occurrences)
... It serves to spread the topmast rigging, thus strengthening the mast, and also
furnishes a convenient standing place for the men aloft. 10. ...
/t/top.htm - 8k

Tackle (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (n.) The rigging and apparatus of a ship; also, any purchase where more
than one block is used. 4. (n.) To supply with tackle. ...
/t/tackle.htm - 7k

Rifts (1 Occurrence)

/r/rifts.htm - 6k

Equip (2 Occurrences)
... to fit out; to supply with whatever is necessary to efficient action in any way;
to provide with arms or an armament, stores, munitions, rigging, etc.; -- said ...
/e/equip.htm - 7k

Earing (2 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A line fastening the corners of an awning to the rigging or stanchions.
5. (n.) Coming into ear, as corn. 6. (n.) A plowing of land. Int. ...
/e/earing.htm - 8k

Bible Concordance

Rigging (2 Occurrences)

Proverbs 23:34 Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:
(WEB NIV)

Isaiah 33:23 Your rigging is untied. They couldn't strengthen the foot of their mast. They couldn't spread the sail. Then the prey of a great spoil was divided. The lame took the prey.
(WEB NIV)

Subtopics

Rigging

Related Terms

Mast (4 Occurrences)

Right (4703 Occurrences)

Labor (181 Occurrences)

Furniture (24 Occurrences)

Top (880 Occurrences)

Tackle (1 Occurrence)

Rifts (1 Occurrence)

Equip (2 Occurrences)

Earing (2 Occurrences)