bilge-pieces

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Synonymous with bilge-keels.

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  • Bilge

    ·noun Bilge water. II. Bilge ·vt To cause to bulge. III. Bilge ·vi To <<Bulge>>. IV. Bilge ·noun ...

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  • bilge

    , or bulge That part of the floor in a ship on either side of the keel which approaches nearer t...

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  • Pieces

    (1) of silver. In Ps. 68:30 denotes "fragments," and not properly money. In 1 Sam. 2:36 (Heb. agorah...

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  • bilge-blocks

    See sliding bilge-blocks. ...

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  • bilge-coads

    In launching a ship, same with sliding-planks. ...

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  • bilge-fever

    The illness occasioned by a foul hold. ...

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  • bilge-free

    A cask so stowed as to rest entirely on its beds, keeping the lower part of the bilge at least the t...

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  • bilge-keels

    Used for vessels of very light draught and flattish bottoms, to make them hold a better wind, also t...

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  • bilge-keelsons

    These are fitted inside of the bilge, to afford strength where iron, ores, and other heavy cargo are...

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  • bilge-planks

    Certain thick strengthenings on the inner and outer lines of the bilge, to secure the shiftings as w...

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  • bilge-pump

    A small pump used for carrying off the water which may lodge about the lee-bilge, so as not to be un...

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  • bilge-trees

    Another name for bilge-coads. ...

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  • bilge-water

    The rain or sea-water which occasionally enters a vessel, and running down to her floor, remains in ...

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  • aris pieces

    Those parts of a made mast which are under the hoops. ...

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  • bow-pieces

    The ordnance in the bows; also in building. ...

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  • drift-pieces

    Solid pieces fitted at the drifts, forming the scrolls on the drifts: they are commonly mitred into ...

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  • fashion-pieces

    The fashion of the after-part of a ship, in the plane of projection. They are the hindmost timbers i...

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  • field-pieces

    Light guns proper to be taken into field operations; one or more of them is now carried by all ships...

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  • hawse-pieces

    The timbers which compose the bow of a vessel, and their sides look fore and aft; it is a name given...

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  • keel-pieces

    The parts of the keel which are of large timber. ...

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  • quarter-pieces

    Projections at the after-part of the quarter, forming the boundaries of the galleries. ...

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  • shelf-pieces

    Strakes of plank running internally in a line with the decks, for the purpose of receiving the ends ...

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  • side-pieces

    Parts of a made mast. ...

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  • skewer-pieces

    When the salt meat is cut up on board ship by the petty officers, the captain and lieutenants are pe...

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  • snake-pieces

    See pointers. ...

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  • term-pieces, or terms

    Pieces of carved work on each side of the taffrail upon the side stern-timber, and extending down as...

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  • through-pieces

    See graving-pieces. ...

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  • truss-pieces

    The fillings in between the frame compartments of the riders, in diagonal trussing. ...

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  • bilge and chimb

    See bouge and chine ...

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  • sliding bilge-blocks

    Those logs made to slide under the bilge of a ship in order to support her. ...

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  • bung-up and bilge-free

    A cask so placed that its bung-stave is uppermost, and it rests entirely on its beds. ...

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