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hatches
Under the hatches; in trouble, distress, or debt. ...

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hatches
Flood-gates set in a river to stop the current of water. Also, coverings of grating, or close hatche...

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Crank
·noun Sick; infirm. II. Crank ·noun Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage. III. Crank ·noun ...

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crank
1) Gin and water; also, brisk, pert. 2) The falling sickness. CANT. ...

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crank
merry. Kent. Also a boat or ship over-masted, apt to roll and in danger of oversetting ; a common se...

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crank
, or crank-sided. A vessel, by her construction or her stowage, inclined to lean over a great deal...

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gingerbread-hatches
Luxurious quarters "Gingerbread-hatches on shore." ...

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Bell crank
·- A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the ape...

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counterfeit crank
A general cheat, assuming all sorts of characters; one conterfeiting the falling sickness. ...

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crank-sided
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crank-pin
In steam machinery, it goes through both arms of the crank at their extremities; to this pin the con...

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crank-shaft
In a steamer. (See intermediate shaft.) ...

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battening the hatches
Securing the tarpaulins over them. (See battens of the hatches.) ...

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battens of the hatches
Long narrow laths, or straightened hoops of casks, serving by the help of nailing to confine the edg...

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coamings of the hatches or gratings
Certain raised work rather higher than the decks, about the edges of the hatch-openings of a ship, t...

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