(Canada, US, slang) Synonym of raw deal

Synonym of raw deal

The heavy oil obtained in the distillation of coal tar, containing phenol, naphthalus, etc.

A sum of money paid by a person who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full cargo. The payment is made for the unoccupied capacity.

An angle or space which cannot be seen or defended from behind the parapet of a fortification.

Either of two wooden or iron blocks intended to serve instead of buffers at the end of a freight car.

Synonym of danse macabre

(shipbuilding) A storm shutter fitted to the outside of the quarter-gallery door.

(idiomatic) A condition of suffering, solitude, or impairment so extreme as to deprive one's existence of all happiness and meaning.

(obsolete) To put to death.