See Also: davit(medicine)
davit(dictionary)
Davit - Sailing(gambling)
incense(encyclopedia)
incense(3)(dictionary)
incense(2)(dictionary)
incense(1)(dictionary)
incense(medicine)
Gambling(law)
gambling(medicine)

Davit - Sailing (gambling) and incense(2) (iou)


Davit - Sailing (gambling)


A device that projects beyond the side of the boat to raise objects from the water. Typically a single davit is used on the bow of a vessel to raise an anchor, and a pair are used on the side or stern of the vessel to raise a dinghy.

incense(2) (iou)



incense verb1. Also (earlier) encense. ME.
[Old & mod. French encenser, from encens, or ecclesiastical Latin incensare, from incensum: see INCENSE noun.]
verb trans. Waft incense towards, esp. as part of religious ceremonial; burn incense to (a god etc.); cense. ME.
Toronto Life At the end of Mass Father Walsh incenses the casket.
verb intrans. Burn or offer incense. Long rare. LME.
verb trans. Suffuse with fragrance, scent. Formerly, drive out by diffusing fragrance. E16.
L. L. Noble Wild roses incensed the fresh air.
verb trans. Burn or offer as incense (lit. & fig.). E17.
verb trans. Offer homage or adulation to, flatter. Now rare or obsolete. M18.