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  • ribs

    The frame timbers which rise from the bottom to the top of a ship's hull: the hull being as the body...

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  • ribs and trucks

    Used figuratively for fragments. ...

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  • ribs of a parrel

    An old species of parrel having alternate ribs and bull's-eyes; the ribs were pieces of wood, each a...

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  • parrel with ribs and trucks

    , or jaw parrels. This is formed by passing the two parts of the parrel-rope through the two holes...

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