boatswain(n = noun.person) bo's'n, bo'sun, bos'n, bosun - a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen;
is a kind of gob, jack, jack-tar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, tar

1.  An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties. [1913 Webster]

2.  The jager gull. [1913 Webster]

boatswain, n. (also bo'sun, bosun, bo's'n) a ship's officer in charge of equipment and the crew.

Idiom:
boatswain's chair a seat suspended from ropes for work on the side of a ship or building.

Etymology:
OE batswegen (as BOAT, SWAIN)

N  sailor, mariner, navigator, seaman, seafarer, seafaring man, dock walloper, tar, jack tar, salt, able seaman, A, B, man-of-war's man, bluejacket, galiongee, galionji, marine, jolly, midshipman, middy, skipper, shipman, boatman, ferryman, waterman, lighterman, bargeman, longshoreman, bargee, gondolier, oar, oarsman, rower, boatswain, cockswain, coxswain, steersman, pilot, crew, aerial navigator, aeronaut, balloonist, Icarus, aeroplanist, airman, aviator, birdman, man-bird, wizard of the air, aviatrix, flier, pilot, test pilot, glider pilot, bush pilot, navigator, flight attendant, steward, stewardess, crew, astronaut, cosmonaut, parachutist, paratrooper.

boatswain bird

1.  chair(n = noun.artifact) - a seat for one person, with a support for the back; "he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down"
is a kind of seat
has parts: back, backrest, leg
has particulars: armchair, barber chair, chair of state, chaise, chaise longue, daybed, eames chair, fighting chair, folding chair, feeding chair, highchair, ladder-back, ladder-back chair, garden chair, lawn chair, rocker, rocking chair, side chair, straight chair, swivel chair, tablet-armed chair, wheelchair

2.  chair(n = noun.act) professorship - the position of professor; "he was awarded an endowed chair in economics"
is a kind of berth, billet, office, place, position, post, situation, spot

3.  chair(n = noun.person) chairman, chairperson, chairwoman, president - the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson"
is a kind of presiding officer
has particulars: kalon tripa, vice chairman
Derived forms verb chair₂, verb chair₁

4.  chair(n = noun.artifact) death chair, electric chair, hot seat - an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person; "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair"
is a kind of instrument of execution

5.  chair(n = noun.artifact) - a particular seat in an orchestra; "he is second chair violin"
is a kind of seat

1.  chair(v = verb.social) chairman - act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university; "She chaired the department for many years"
is one way to head, lead
Derived form noun chair₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

2.  chair(v = verb.communication) lead, moderate - preside over; "John moderated the discussion"
is one way to discuss, hash out, talk over
Derived form noun chair₃
Sample sentences: Sam and Sue chair

1.  A movable single seat with a back. [1913 Webster]

2.  An official seat, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself. [1913 Webster]
"The chair of a philosophical school." [1913 Webster]
"A chair of philology." [1913 Webster]

3.  The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair. [1913 Webster]

4.  A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig. Shak. [1913 Webster]
"Think what an equipage thou hast in air,
And view with scorn two pages and a chair." [1913 Webster]

5.  An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers. [1913 Webster]

1.  To place in a chair. [1913 Webster]

2.  To carry publicly in a chair in triumph. [1913 Webster]

3.  To function as chairperson of (a meeting, committee, etc.); as, he chaired the meeting. [PJC]

chair, n. & v.
--n.
1 a separate seat for one person, of various forms, usu. having a back and four legs.
2 a a professorship (offered the chair in physics). b a seat of authority, esp. on a board of directors. c a mayoralty.
3 a a chairperson. b the seat or office of a chairperson (will you take the chair?; I'm in the chair).
4 US = electric chair.
5 an iron or steel socket holding a railway rail in place.
6 hist. = sedan chair.
--v.tr.
1 act as chairperson of or preside over (a meeting).
2 Brit. carry (a person) aloft in a chair or in a sitting position, in triumph.
3 install in a chair, esp. as a position of authority.

Idiom:
chair-bed a chair that unfolds into a bed. chair-borne colloq. (of an administrator) not active. chair-car a railway carriage with chairs instead of long seats; a parlour car. chair-lift a series of chairs on an endless cable for carrying passengers up and down a mountain etc. take a chair sit down.

Etymology:
ME f. AF chaere, OF chaiere f. L cathedra f. Gk kathedra: see CATHEDRAL

N  direction, management, managery, government, gubernation, conduct, legislation, regulation, guidance, bossism, legislature, steerage, pilotage, reins, reins of government, helm, rudder, needle, compass, guiding star, load star, lode star, pole star, cynosure, supervision, superintendence, surveillance, oversight, eye of the master, control, charge, board of control, command, premiership, senatorship, director, chair, portfolio, statesmanship, statecraft, kingcraft, queencraft, ministry, ministration, administration, stewardship, proctorship, agency, director, directing, hegemonic, at the helm, at the head of, direction, bearing, course, vector, set, drift, tenor, tendency, incidence, bending, trending, dip, tack, aim, collimation, steering steerage, point of the compass, cardinal points, North East, South, West, N by E, ENE, NE by N, NE, rhumb, azimuth, line of collimation, line, path, road, range, quarter, line of march, alignment, allignment, air line, beeline, straight shoot, directed, directed towards, pointing towards, bound for, aligned, with alligned with, direct, straight, undeviating, unswerving, straightforward, North, Northern, Northerly, towards, on the road, on the high road to, en avant, versus, to, hither, thither, whither, directly, straight as an arrow, forwards as an arrow, point blank, in a bee line to, in a direct line to, as the crow flies, in a straight line to, in a bee line for, in a direct line for, in a straight line for, in a bee line with, in a direct line with, in a straight line with, in a line with, full tilt at, as the crow flies, before the wind, near the wind, close to the wind, against the wind, windwards, in the wind's eye, through, via, by way of, in all directions, in all manner of ways, quaquaversum, from the four winds, the shortest distance between two points is a stra.

N  director, manager, governor, rector, comptroller, superintendent, supervisor, straw boss, intendant, overseer, overlooker, supercargo, husband, inspector, visitor, ranger, surveyor, aedile, moderator, monitor, taskmaster, master, leader, ringleader, demagogue, corypheus, conductor, fugleman, precentor, bellwether, agitator, caporal, choregus, collector, file leader, flugelman, linkboy, guiding star, adviser, guide, pilot, helmsman, steersman, steermate, wire-puller, driver, whip, Jehu, charioteer, coachman, carman, cabman, postilion, vetturino, muleteer, arriero, teamster, whipper in, head, head man, head center, boss, principal, president, speaker, chair, chairman, chairwoman, chairperson, captain, superior, mayor, vice president, prime minister, premier, vizier, grand vizier, eparch, officer, functionary, minister, official, red-tapist, bureaucrat, man in office, Jack in office, office bearer, person in authority, statesman, strategist, legislator, lawgiver, politician, statist, statemonger, Minos, Draco, arbiter, boss, political dictator, board, secretary, secretary of state, Reis Effendi, vicar, steward, factor, agent, bailiff, middleman, foreman, clerk of works, landreeve, factotum, major-domo, seneschal, housekeeper, shepherd, croupier, proctor, procurator, ex officio.

N  scepter, regalia, caduceus, Mercury's rod, Mercury's staff, Mercury's wand, rod of empire, mace, fasces, wand, staff, staff of office, baton, truncheon, flag, ensign of authority, emblem of authority, badge of authority, insignia of authority, throne, chair, musnud, divan, dais, woolsack, toga, pall, mantle, robes of state, ermine, purple, crown, coronet, diadem, tiara, cap of maintenance, decoration, title, portfolio, key, signet, seals, talisman, helm, reins.

N  support, ground, foundation, base, basis, terra firma, bearing, fulcrum, bait, caudex crib, point d'appui, pou sto, purchase footing, hold, locus standi, landing place, landing stage, stage, platform, block, rest, resting place, groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention, floor, supporter, aid, prop, stand, anvil, fulciment, cue rest, jigger, monkey, stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage, sleeper, stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit, outrigger, ratlings, staff, stick, crutch, alpenstock, baton, staddle, bourdon, cowlstaff, lathi, mahlstick, post, pillar, shaft, thill, column, pilaster, pediment, pedicle, pedestal, plinth, shank, leg, socle, zocle, buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment, baluster, banister, stanchion, balustrade, headstone, upright, door post, jamb, door jamb, frame, framework, scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis, trave, corner stone, summer, transom, rung, round, step, sill, angle rafter, hip rafter, cantilever, modillion, crown post, king post, vertebra, columella, backbone, keystone, axle, axletree, axis, arch, mainstay, trunnion, pivot, rowlock, peg, tiebeam, thole pin, board, ledge, shelf, hob, bracket, trevet, trivet, arbor, rack, mantel, mantle piece, mantleshelf, slab, console, counter, dresser, flange, corbel, table, trestle, shoulder, perch, horse, easel, desk, clotheshorse, hatrack, retable, teapoy, seat, throne, dais, divan, musnud, chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall, arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair, couch, fauteuil, woolsack, ottoman, settle, squab, bench, aparejo, faldstool, horn, long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair, lamba chauki, lamba kursi, saddle, pannel, pillion, side saddle, pack saddle, pommel, bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead, four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang, bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse, pillow, bolster, mat, rug, cushion, footstool, hassock, tabouret, tripod, monopod, Atlas, Persides, Atlantes, Caryatides, Hercules, supporting, supported, fundamental, dorsigerous, astride on, straddle.

VB  celebrate keep, signalize, do honor to, commemorate, solemnize, hallow, mark with a red letter, pledge, drink to, toast, hob and nob, inaugurate, install, chair, rejoice, kill the fatted calf, hold jubilee, roast an ox.

N  school, academy, university, alma mater, college, seminary, Lyceum, institute, institution, palaestra, Gymnasium, class, seminar, day school, boarding school, preparatory school, primary school, infant school, dame's school, grammar school, middle class school, Board school, denominational school, National school, British and Foreign school, collegiate school, art school, continuation school, convent school, County Council school, government school, grant-in-aid school, high school, higher grade school, military school, missionary school, naval school, naval academy, state-aided school, technical school, voluntary school, school, school of art, kindergarten, nursery, creche, reformatory, pulpit, lectern, soap box desk, reading desk, ambo, lecture room, theater, auditorium, amphitheater, forum, state, rostrum, platform, hustings, tribune, school book, horn book, text book, grammar, primer, abecedary, rudiments, manual, vade mecum, encyclopedia, cyclopedia, Lindley Murray, Cocker, dictionary, lexicon, professorship, lectureship, readership, fellowship, tutorship, chair, School Board Council of Education, Board of Education, Board of Studies, Prefect of Studies, Textbook Committee, propaganda, scholastic, academic, collegiate, educational, ex cathedra.

barber chair, bath chair, beach chair, boatswain's chair, bosun's chair, camp chair, captain's chair, chair car, chair lift, death chair, deck chair, eames chair, easy chair, electric chair, feeding chair, fighting chair, folding chair, garden chair, high chair, ladder-back chair, lawn chair, lounge chair, morris chair, overstuffed chair, potty chair, reclining chair, rocking chair, sedan chair, side chair, straight chair, swivel chair, tablet-armed chair, windsor chair, wing chair, yacht chair