| BOATSWAIN | • boatswain n. The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck… • boatswain n. The petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen. • boatswain n. A kind of gull, the jaeger. |
| BOATSWAINS | • boatswains n. Plural of boatswain. • BOATSWAIN n. a ship's officer in charge of equipment and maintenance, also BOSUN. |
| COCKSWAIN | • cockswain n. Alternative spelling of coxswain. • COCKSWAIN n. the steersman of a boat; a petty officer who has charge of a boat and its crew. • COCKSWAIN v. to take charge of a boat and crew, also COXSWAIN. |
| COCKSWAINED | • COCKSWAIN v. to take charge of a boat and crew, also COXSWAIN. |
| COCKSWAINING | • COCKSWAIN v. to take charge of a boat and crew, also COXSWAIN. |
| COCKSWAINS | • cockswains n. Plural of cockswain. • COCKSWAIN n. the steersman of a boat; a petty officer who has charge of a boat and its crew. |
| COXSWAIN | • coxswain n. In a ship’s boat, the helmsman given charge of the boat’s crew. • coxswain n. (Rowing) The member of a crew who steers the shell and coordinates the power and rhythm of the rowers. • coxswain n. (Archaic) The second or third mate of a vessel, in charge of the master’s barge. |
| COXSWAINED | • coxswained v. Simple past tense and past participle of coxswain. • COXSWAIN v. to steer a racing rowboat, also COX. |
| COXSWAINING | • coxswaining v. Present participle of coxswain. • COXSWAIN v. to steer a racing rowboat, also COX. |
| COXSWAINS | • coxswains n. Plural of coxswain. • COXSWAIN v. to steer a racing rowboat, also COX. |
| SWAIL | • SWAIL n. a tract of low, marshy ground, also SWALE. |
| SWAILS | • SWAIL n. a tract of low, marshy ground, also SWALE. |
| SWAIN | • swain n. (Obsolete) A young man or boy in service; a servant. • swain n. (Obsolete) A knight’s servant; an attendant. • swain n. (Archaic) A country labourer; a countryman, a rustic. |
| SWAINING | • swaining n. (Informal, slang) Lovemaking; courtship. • SWAINING n. lovemaking. |
| SWAININGS | • SWAINING n. lovemaking. |
| SWAINISH | • swainish adj. Pertaining to, or resembling, a swain according to any definition; but commonly conveying the sense… • SWAINISH adj. boorish. |
| SWAINISHNESS | • swainishness n. The quality of being swainish. • SWAINISHNESS n. the state of being swainish, boorish. |
| SWAINISHNESSES | • SWAINISHNESS n. the state of being swainish, boorish. |
| SWAINS | • swains n. Plural of swain. • Swains prop.n. Plural of Swain. • SWAIN n. a country boy. |