Swifter

(n.) A rope used to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while men are turning it.

(n.) A rope used to encircle a boat longitudinally, to strengthen and defend her sides.

(n.) The forward shroud of a lower mast.

(v. t.) To tighten, as slack standing rigging, by bringing the opposite shrouds nearer.

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• The torpedo boat destroyer is a larger and swifter boat, whose special duty it is to overtake and destroy this dangerous little fighter. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Still larger and possibly swifter steamships are in process of construction, viz. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The swifter craft are seldom equipped with large buoyancy tanks, since the added bulk of them tends to reduce a vessel's speed. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.

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