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  • spurs

    , or spur-shores. Large pieces of timber in launching, the lower ends of which are fixed to the bi...

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  • spurs of the beams

    Curved pieces of timber, serving as half-beams, to support the decks, where a whole one cannot be pl...

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  • spurs of the bitts

    The same as standards (which see). ...

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