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Keel
·noun Fig.: The whole ship. II. Keel ·noun A brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat. III. Keel ·vi To tur...

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keel
a coal-barge. Northumb. The men belonging to it KEEL-MEN. ...

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keel
The lowest and principal timber of a ship, running fore and aft its whole length, and supporting the...

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blocks
The several transverse pieces or logs of timber, piled in plane, on which a ship is built, or to pla...

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Fin keel
·add. ·- A projection downward from the keel of a yacht, resembling in shape the fin of a fish, thou...

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keel bullies
Men employed to load and unload the coal vessels. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
to keel over
A nautical term; to capsize or upset, and metaphorically applied to a sudden prostration. As it see...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
even keel
When a ship is so trimmed as to sit evenly upon the water, drawing the same depth forward as aft. So...

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false keel
A kind of supplemental or additional keel secured under the main one, to protect it should the ship ...

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humber-keel
A particular clincher-built craft used on the Humber. ...

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keel-deeters
The wives and daughters of keelmen, who sweep and clean the keels, having the sweepings of small coa...

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keel-hauling
A severe punishment formerly inflicted for various offences, especially in the Dutch navy. The culpr...

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keel leg
Means any anchor; as, "she has come to a keelock." ...

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keel hook
Means any anchor; as, "she has come to a keelock." ...

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

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keel-rake
Synonymous with keel-haul. See keel-hauling. ...

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keel-rope
A coarse rope formerly used for cleaning the limber-holes. ...

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keel-staples
Generally made of copper, from six to twelve inches long, with a jagged hook to each end. They are d...

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main-keel
The principal keel, as distinguished from the false-keel and the keelson. ...

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safety-keel
A construction of keel for further security, by Oliver Lang. ...

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sliding-keel
A contrivance to prevent vessels from being driven to leeward by a side-wind; it is composed of plan...

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back-blocks
n. 1) The far interior ofAustralia, and away from settled country. Land in Australia isdivided on t...

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bee-blocks
Pieces of hard wood bolted to the outer end of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through...

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bilge-blocks
See sliding bilge-blocks. ...

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blocks, fixed
See fixed blocks. ...

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bullock-blocks
Blocks secured under the top-mast trestle-trees, which receive the top-sail ties through them, in or...

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cant-blocks
The large purchase-blocks used by whalers to cant the whales round under the process of flensing. ...

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cheek-blocks
Usually fitted to the fore-topmast head, for the purpose of leading the jib-stay, halliards, &c. ...

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clump-blocks
Those that are made thicker or stronger than ordinary blocks. (See block, tack-and-sheet.) ...

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fixed blocks
Solid pieces of oak let through the sides of the ship, and fitted with sheaves, to lead the tacks, s...

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hanging-blocks
These are sometimes fitted with a long and short leg, and lash over the eyes of the top-mast rigging...

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hawse-blocks
Bucklers, or pieces of wood made to fit over the hawse-holes when at sea, to back the hawse-plugs. ...

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jeer-blocks
Are twofold or threefold blocks, through which the jeer-falls are rove, and applied to hoist, suspen...

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jewel-blocks
Are attached to eye-bolts on those yards where studding-sails are hoisted, and carry these sails to ...

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leading-blocks
The several blocks used for guiding the direction of any purchase, as hook, snatch, or tail blocks. ...

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pedestal-blocks
Synonymous with plumber-blocks (which see). ...

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plumber-blocks
These, in a marine steam-engine, are Y's, wherein are fixed the bushes, in which the shafts or pinio...

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purchase-blocks
All blocks virtually deserve this name, but it is distinctively given to those used in moving heavy ...

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quarter-blocks
Blocks fitted under the quarters of a yard, on each side the slings, for the topsail-sheets, topsail...

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running-blocks
Those which are made fast to the running rigging or tackles. ...

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span-blocks
Blocks seized into each bight of a strap, long enough to go across a cap, and allow the blocks to ha...

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speck-blocks
See flense, to. ...

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transporting-blocks
Two snatch-blocks, fitted one on each side above the taffrail, to admit a hawser, when transporting ...

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two-blocks
The same as chock-a-block (which see). ...

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keel the pot
skim the pot. North. See Love's Labour's Lost. ...

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heaving keel out
The utmost effect to be produced by careening, viz. to raise the keel out of the water in order to r...

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hove keel out
Hove so completely over the beam-ends that the keel is above the water. ...

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iron-bound blocks
Those which are fitted with iron strops. ...

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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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scarphs of the keel
The joints, when a keel is made of several pieces. (See scarph.) ...

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tread of a keel
The length of her keel. ...

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