filling

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In ship-carpentry, wood fitted on a timber or elsewhere to make up a defect in the moulding way. This name is sometimes given to a chock.

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    ·noun The woof in woven fabrics. II. Filling ·noun Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it. III. ...

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  • filling powder

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    Blocks of wood introduced in all well-built vessels between the frames, where the bilge-water may wa...

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    , is just above the deck-transom, securing the ends of the gun-deck plank and lower-transoms. ...

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