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Forecastle
·noun A short upper deck forward, formerly raised like a castle, to command an enemy's decks. II. F...

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forecastle
Once a short deck placed in the fore-part of a ship above the upper deck; it was usually terminated,...

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Rail
·vt To rail at. II. Rail ·vt To range in a line. III. Rail ·vt To move or influence by railing. I...

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rail
n. common English birdname. There aremany varieties in New Zealand and Australia, especially in the...

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rail
A piece of timber, cleft, hewed, or sawed, inserted in upright posts for fencing. The common rails a...

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rail
a revel, a country wake. Devon. ...

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forecastle-deck
The fore-part of the upper deck at a vessel's bows. ...

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forecastle-jokes
Practical tricks played upon greenhorns. ...

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forecastle-men
Sailors who are stationed on the forecastle, and are generally, or ought to be, prime seamen. ...

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forecastle-nettings
See hammock-nettings. ...

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topgallant-forecastle
A short deck forward above the upper deck, mostly used as a galley, but in some merchantmen a berthi...

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T rail
·- ·see under <<T>>. ...

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Third rail
·add. ·- An electric railway using such a rail. II. Third rail ·add. ·- The third rail used in the ...

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Water rail
·- Any one of numerous species of rails of the genus Rallus, as the common European species (Rallus ...

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slip-rail
n. part of a fence so fitted that itcan be removed so as to serve as a gate. Used also for thegatew...

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weka, rail
n. See weka. ...

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to rail it
To travel by rail-road. From Petersburgh I railed it through the North Carolina pitch, tar, turpent...

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rail-car
A car for transporting passengers on rail-roads. ...

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bow-rail
A rail round the bows. ...

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breast-rail
The upper rail of the balcony; formerly it was applied to a railing in front of the quarter-deck, an...

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false rail
A thin plank fayed at the head-rails as a strengthener. ...

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pedestal-rail
A rail about two inches thick, wrought over the foot-space rail, and in which there is a groove to s...

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sheer-rail
The wrought-rail generally placed well with the sheer or top-timber line; the narrow ornamental moul...

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top-rail
A rail supported on stanchions across the after-part of each of a ship's tops. ...

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waist-rail
The channel-rail or moulding of the ship's side. ...

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Third-rail system
·add. ·- A system in which a third rail is used for carrying the current for operating the motors, t...

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foot-space-rail
The rail that terminates the foot of the balcony, in which the balusters step, if there be no pedest...

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post-and-rail tea
slang name for strong bush-tea: socalled because large bits of the tea, or supposed tea, floatabout ...

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