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vice admiral (iou) and transom (medicine)


vice admiral (iou)



vice admiral noun phr. E16.
[Anglo-Norman visadmirail, Old French visamiral (mod. viceamiral), formed as VICE-, ADMIRAL.]
Hist. Any of various senior admiralty officers appointed, spec. one appointed to administer maritime law. E16.
A naval officer ranking below an admiral and above a rear admiral. E16.
A ship commanded by a vice admiral. L16-E18.
vice-admiralty noun (obsolete exc. Hist.) the office, charge, or jurisdiction of a vice admiral E17.

transom (medicine)


transom


1. A horizontal crossbar in a window, over a door, or between a door and a window above it. Transom is the horizontal, as mullion is the vertical, bar across an opening.

2. One of the principal transverse timbers of the stern, bolted to the sternpost and giving shape to the stern structure; called also transsummer.

3. The piece of wood or iron connecting the cheeks of some gun carriages.

4. <surgery> The vane of a cross-staff.

5. One of the crossbeams connecting the side frames of a truck with each Other. Transom knees A window divided horizontally by a transom or transoms. A window over a door, with a transom between.

Origin: Probably fr. L. Transtrum a crossbeam, transom, from trans across. Cf. Trestle.

Source: Websters Dictionary