dolphin

noun

1. 1

   A carnivorous cetacean, typically with a beak-like snout, famed for their intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans.

2. 2

   A carnivorous cetacean, typically with a beak-like snout, famed for their intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans. Tursiops truncatus, (Atlantic bottlenose dolphin) the most well-known species.

3. 3

   A fish, the mahi-mahi or dorado, Coryphaena hippurus, with a dorsal fin that runs the length of the body, also known for iridescent coloration.

4. 4

   A depiction of a fish, with a broad indented fin, usually embowed.

5. 5

   The dauphin, eldest son of the kings of France.

6. 6

   A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped through the deck and the hull of an enemy's vessel to sink it.

7. 7

   A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.

8. 8

   A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.

9. 9

   A mooring post on a wharf or beach.

10. 10

    A permanent fender designed to protect a heavy boat, bridge, or coastal structure from the impact of large floating objects such as ice, floating logs, or vessels.

    The Dolphin is now seldom used, but a rope treated in the same manner, with mousings raised on it at regular intervals, is sometimes put around a Launch, just below the gunwale outside and secured there as a sort of permanent fender; this also is called a Dolphin.

    For a dolphin or buoy to be placed on the south point of Goat Island, in the harbor of Newport, one hundred and fifty dollars.

    Sometimes a stoppage would take place owing to the accumulation of ice between the Dolphin and the dam, which kept that above back until a mass of ice more resembling an island than anything else it can be compared to, would force the whole mass before it, breaking up the large blocks accumulated at the dam into a thousand pieces.

11. 11

    obsoleteOne of the handles above the trunnions by which a gun was lifted.

12. 12

    slangA person who buys shares on the primary market only to resell them immediately at a high profit.

noun

1. 1

   A man-made semi submerged maritime structure, usually installed to provide a fixed structure for temporary mooring, to prevent ships from drifting to shallow water or to serve as base for navigational aids.

Forms

plural

dolphins