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(obsolete, nautical, of sails) Lined up in the direction of the wind and thus not propelled by the wind
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(nautical, aircraft) On the beam; at a right angle to the centerline or keel of a vessel or aircraft; being at a bearing approximately 090 Degrees or 270 Degrees relative.
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(nautical) Having the sails furled and the helm lashed alee, as during a storm.
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(nautical) The distance from the surface of the water to the highest point on a vessel
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(nautical) Towards the lower part of a vessel; towards the lower rigging or the decks.
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(nautical) A small buoy, usually painted a distinctive color, attached to an anchor by a light line and used to indicate the location of the anchor on the bottom.
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(nautical) On the poop; astern.
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(nautical) hogging, as opposed to sagging
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(nautical) Of an anchor, such that in heaving it, an acute angle is formed between the cable and the surface of the water.
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(nautical) In line with the stream.
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(nautical, of yards) Hoisted up and ready to be swayed across.
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An auxiliary tether, especially on an electric sail.
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(nautical) A stay just forward of the mast, used to support the mast.
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A kind of floating dock which is kept level by pumping water out of, or letting it into, the compartments of side chambers.
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(nautical) Deep water inside a shoal or bar.
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(nautical) The effect of suction from the nearside shore or close watercourse bed, caused by the Bernoulli effect making a low pressure zone in the constricted region, leading vessels to be drawn to that surface.
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(engineering, slang) In electrical engineering, a change made to a product on the manufacturing floor that was not part of the original product design.
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(naval slang) A sailor who remains on land for a long time, not taking any sea voyage.
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(nautical) To close or make watertight, referring to hatches and cargo.
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(navigation, nautical) The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or between it and that of true north; a heading or direction.
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(nautical, transitive) To break open the bilge(s) of.
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(nautical, transitive) To put round the bitts.
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(nautical) A vessel that is deliberately sunk in order to block a waterway (to prevent it being used by an enemy)
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(colloquial, idiomatic) (of a boat or ship) A prominent bow wave (as a result of high speed).
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(nautical) Certain parts of a vessel, particularly the cargo hold or the portion of the ship that is always underwater.
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(nautical) To turn the head of a vessel either way by bracing the headyards aback.
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(nautical, dated) To bring the foreyards flat aback to stop the ship.
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(nautical) The time taken for a sail to shake or shiver twice as a ship comes into the wind.
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(nautical) to bring the yards around to make the smallest possible angle with the fore and aft line when sailing close-hauled
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(transitive, nautical, of the sea) To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.
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(US) A line in a navigable waterway established by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, beyond which solid fill is not permitted.
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(nautical) To head or point; to keep a course.
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(nautical, transitive) To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
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Alternative spelling of centreboard [(British spelling, nautical) The adjustable keel on a small yacht or dinghy that acts, among other things, as ballast and to counteract the sideways force of the wind.]
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(nautical) The point of sail where the wind is blowing just ahead of the beam of the vessel
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(technical) Alternative form of come-along [(technical) A type of hand-operated winch used, for example, to tighten straps, chains, or ropes.]
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(nautical) a buoy in the shape of a cone, normally painted black, and numbered with odd numbers, used to show the starboard side of a channel; the port side is marked with a can buoy
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(nautical) The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.
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(nautical) The ends of reefs left flapping instead of being tucked out of sight when a sail has been furled.
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(nautical) The transverse upward curvature of a vessel's floor.
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(nautical) In a keel boat, the act of broaching to windward, putting the spinnaker pole into the water and causing a crash-gybe of the boom and mainsail, which sweep across the deck and plunge down into the water.
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Pertaining to the deck.
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Alternative form of dead reckoning [A method of estimating the position of a ship or aircraft by applying estimates of the distance and direction travelled to a previously known position. In respect to ships/boats, it excludes the effect of wind and current on the vessel. Compare with estimated position. Abbreviation: DR]
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(transitive, nautical) To fasten a hatch securely.
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(nautical) The depth of water needed to float a particular ship; the depth from the waterline to the bottom of a vessel's hull; the depth of water drawn by a vessel.
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A verbal command given usually to the bowman of a canoe or raft. It means to place the paddle in the water on the left side parallel to the boat and pull it towards the boat. This is a maneuver to move the front of the boat to the left side.
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A kind of lock by which a short length of canal can be temporarily lowered while a boat passes under an obstruction such as a low bridge.
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Alternative spelling of dunsel. [(nautical) Something (especially part of a vessel) that is useless, or superfluous or unnecessary.]
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(nautical) The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.
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(navigation) An estimate of the position of a ship or aircraft at a certain time, worked out by adding the estimated effect of the tide and wind to the dead reckoning.
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(shipbuilding) To curve inward; said of the timbers or upper parts of a ship's side which are much within a perpendicular.
adj
(US, nautical, of speed) Maximum. Historically faster than full speed (the most a vessel can sustain without excessive engine wear or risk of damage), now frequently used interchangeably. Typically used in an emergency or during an attack.
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A marine construction in which an upper structure is prebuilt and then floated into position over a lower part, often used for offshore oil rigs.
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(nautical) The part of the hold of a ship within the angle of the bow
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(dated, nautical) To stop a leak with oakum or old rope (often by drawing a sail under the hull).
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(informal, nautical) Synonym of oilskins
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(nautical) A vessel's side between waterline and gunwale.
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(nautical) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
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(nautical, transitive) To turn round (an anchor) as if turning a gimlet.
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(nautical) to capsize because of forces in the cable attaching it to another vessel.
adj
(nautical) Describing the condition in which two sea-going ships travelling in opposite directions pass each other on their starboard sides, making their green navigation lights face each other.
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(nautical) The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
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(countable, nautical) A manoeuvre by which a sailing-ship gains distance to windward by luffing up into the wind.
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(countable, nautical) A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
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(nautical) To have speed.
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(nautical) To turn away from the wind.
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(nautical) The distance to windward traversed by a vessel while tacking.
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A sea that meets the head of a vessel or rolls against her course.
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(nautical) The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)
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Obsolete spelling of helm [(nautical) The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel.]
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(nautical) To determine the speed of a ship by logline and glass.
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(nautical) An inclination to one side; a tilt.
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(nautical) The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel.
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(transitive, nautical) To cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards (the opposite of sag).
v
To reduce (a ship) to a non-functional hulk.
adj
Characteristic of a hulk; large and bulky; hulking.
v
(nautical) To reverse-engineer the hull of a boat by making a cast of it.
adj
(nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
n
(nautical) A cable between two ships or from a ship to a fixed point which can be used to support a load during transfer of personnel or materiel along the cable.
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(nautical) An improvised rigging.
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To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
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Obsolete form of keelhaul. [(transitive, nautical) To punish by dragging under the keel of a ship.]
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Alternative spelling of keelson [(nautical) A longitudinal beam fastened on top of the keel of a vessel for strength and stiffness.]
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(obsolete) The range or extent of vision, especially at sea; (by extension) a marine measure of approximately twenty miles.
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(nautical) A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
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(obsolete, naval) The position of a sailing vessel leeward of another in battle, often restricting manoeuvrability and gunnery.
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(nautical) A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other.
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an article of protective clothing that is designed to keep the wearer's head floating above the surface of the water.
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(nautical) A buoy with a light on top which is lit at night to aid navigation.
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(nautical, in the plural) Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to allow water to pass to the pump well.
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The act or process of tracing a loxodromic curve; movement in a loxodromic curve.
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(nautical) The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails.
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(obsolete) A place built to stage a mock sea-battle, or the show performed therein.
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(nautical) The area of the sea in which a ship can be seen in the distance from land, excluding the parts nearest the shore, and beyond the anchoring ground.
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Obsolete form of orlop. [(nautical) The platform over the hold of a ship that makes up the fourth or lowest deck, hence in full called orlop deck, especially of a warship.]
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(nautical, transitive) To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.
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(transitive, nautical) To order or signal by a note pattern on a boatswain's pipe.
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(nautical) A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.
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(idiomatic, nautical, transitive) To tighten a sail by pulling on a rope.
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A slant that causes the bow or stern of a watercraft to extend beyond the keel; also, the upper part of the bow or stern that extends beyond the keel.
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(nautical, regional) A place in the sea with rapid currents and crags where a ship is likely to be torn apart in stormy weather.
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(nautical) An armed ship with its upper deck cut away, and thus reduced to the next inferior rate, such as a seventy-four cut down to a frigate.
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(nautical) A line that cuts all meridians at the same angle, the path of a vessel that maintains a constant compass direction.
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(nautical) The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
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(nautical) A partly-sheltered anchorage; a stretch of water near the shore where vessels may ride at anchor, but with less protection than a harbour.
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(nautical) A ship that has moved far ahead of a convoy; see also straggler.
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(nautical) To haul up; usually, to haul the slack of (a rope) through its leading block, or to haul up (a tackle which hangs loose) by its fall.
n
An upward curvature or convexity, as in the deck of a vessel.
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(nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
n
(obsolete) A chart of a course, especially at sea.
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(nautical, of a ship) To fill with salt between the timbers and planks for the preservation of the timber.
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(nautical) The dimensions of the timbers of a ship
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(idiomatic, nautical) The ability, when walking aboard a ship, to anticipate the motion of the deck so as to walk steadily without losing balance.
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(search and rescue) A survival kit for survival at sea, usually containing an inflatable lifeboat, survival rations, first aid kit, flares
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A beacon, buoy, etc. placed in the sea to aid navigation.
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(nautical) To trim a sail using a sheet.
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(nautical, traditional) Tidily tied down and secure.
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(transitive, shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
adj
(fishing) Having a sideboard restriction.
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The change in draft that a vessel obtains when moving through the water.
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(nautical, in the plural) Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it when handling cargo.
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A small sail in the lee of the galley stovepipe, to prevent the smoke from annoying people on deck.
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(nautical) A weighted line with distances marked off at regular intervals, used to measure the depth of water under a boat.
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(nautical) To sail using a spinnaker
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(nautical) To loosen the end of a plank in a ship's bottom.
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(nautical) A preventer stay, to assist the regular one; a smaller stay placed above the stays as a duplicate if needed.
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(nautical, obsolete) A station for ships, as an anchorage or wharf.
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(UK, dialect) A landing place; an elevated staging upon a wharf for discharging coal, etc., as from railway cars into vessels.
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(UK, archaic or dialectal) A fixed structure where ships land, especially to load and unload; wharf; landing stage.
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(countable) The effect of the helm on a ship.
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(nautical) A framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specifically, a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.
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Obsolete spelling of stern. [Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.]
adj
Having a stern of a particular shape or kind.
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(nautical) Keeping upright.
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(nautical) A stay on which a storm sail is set.
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Alternative form of stunsail [(nautical) studding sail]
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Alternative form of stunsail [(nautical) studding sail]
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(nautical) The width of the lane swept by a minesweeper
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(nautical) The maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other.
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The space covered by a steamer in turning 180° out of her original course.
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(nautical) To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.
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(obsolete, nautical) Very high or tall.
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(nautical) Swung by the tide when at anchor.
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(nautical) To dig out a hole below the hatch cover of a bulker and fill it with cargo or weights to aid stability.
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(nautical) To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
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(nautical) A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
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(nautical) The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.
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(nautical) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
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(nautical) To extract oil from blubber or fat; to melt down blubber to obtain oil
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(nautical, historical) Pieces of plank or timber piled on each other as filling up in building, especially between the bilgeways and ship's bottom, preparatory to launching.
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(nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north.
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(nautical) A list of the officers and crew of a ship, as divided into watches, with their various stations.
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The waterline of a ship.
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(nautical) Any one of several lines marked upon the outside of a vessel, corresponding with the surface of the water when she is afloat on an even keel. The lowest line indicates the vessel's proper submergence when not loaded, and is called the light water line; the highest, called the load water line, indicates her proper submergence when loaded.
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(nautical) Alternative form of water breaker [(nautical) A container for storing water on a ship or other watercraft.]
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(nautical) The anchor lying to windward.
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(nautical) A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the bits.
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(nautical) The windward side of a vessel.
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(nautical) A dock that has a constant level of water in which a vessel floats despite the tide; usually achieved by separating the dock from the sea by a lock.
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(nautical) The total portion of the surface area of the hull which is immersed in water.
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