keel-pieces

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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...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Keel

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

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• keel

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

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• keel

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

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• aris pieces

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

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• bilge-pieces

  Synonymous with bilge-keels. ...

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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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• 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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• Fin keel

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

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• 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-blocks

  Short log ends of timbers on which the keel of a vessel rests while building or repairing, affording...

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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-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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• keel the pot

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

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• 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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• 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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