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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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Main
·adj Vast; huge. II. Main ·noun A main-hamper. III. Main ·adj Important; necessary. IV. Main ·nou...

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main
very; main good, very good. Also the chief; madam's the main, i. e. madam is the chief or ruler. C. ...

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main
A continent or mainland. Also, figuratively, the ocean. ...

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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. ...

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to keel over
A nautical term; to capsize or upset, and metaphorically applied to a sudden prostration. As it see...

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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-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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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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Main yard
·- The yard on which the mainsail is extended, supported by the mainmast. ...

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Main-gauche
·noun The dagger held in the left hand, while the rapier is held in the right; — used to parry thru...

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Main-hamper
·noun A hamper to be carried in the hand; a hand basket used in carrying grapes to the press. ...

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Main-sail
(Gr. artemon), answering to the modern "mizzen-sail," as some suppose. Others understand the "jib," ...

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main-body
The body of troops that marches between the advance-guard and the rear-guard of an army. ...

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main-boom
The spar which stretches the foot of the boom-mainsail in a fore-and-aft rigged vessel. ...

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main-brace
A purchase attached to the main-yard for trimming it to the wind. ...

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main-breadth
The broadest part of a ship at any particular timber or frame, distinguished by upper and lower heig...

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main-capstan
The after one, as distinguished from the jeer-capstan. ...

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main-course
The main-sail. ...

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main-guard
The principal guard of a garrison town, usually posted in the place-of-arms, or the market-place. ...

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main-hold
That part of a ship's hold which lies near the main-hatch. ...

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main-ice
A body of impenetrable ice apparently detached from the land, but immovable; between which and the l...

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main-jeers
Jeers for swaying up the main-yard. ...

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main-piece
The strong horizontal beam of the windlass, supported at the ends by iron spindles in the windlass-b...

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main-post
The stern-post, as distinguished from the false-post and inner-post. ...

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main-sail
This, in a square-rigged vessel, is distinguished by the so-termed square main-sail; in a fore-and-a...

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main-shaft
The principal shaft in machinery. ...

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main-spring
The source of continuous motion in a time-keeper. Also, that part of a musket-lock which is sunk int...

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main-staysail
A storm-sail set between the fore and main masts. ...

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main-tackle
A large and strong tackle, hooked occasionally upon the main pendant, and used for various purposes,...

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main-transom
A term often applied to the wing-transom (which see). ...

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main-wales
The lower wales, which are generally placed on the lower breadth, and so that the main-deck knee-bol...

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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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coup de main
A sudden and vigorous attack. ...

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main royal-mast
That above the main topgallant-mast. ...

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main-sail haul!
The order given to haul the after-yards round when the ship is nearly head to wind in tacking. ...

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main-tack block
A block forming part of the purchase used for hauling the main-tack down to. ...

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main-tackle pendant
A stout piece of rope with a hook in one end, and a thimble in the other, sometimes used for hauling...

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main-top bowline
The bowline of the main-topsail. It is used to haul the weather-leech forward when on a wind, which ...

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main-topsail haul!
The order used instead of main-sail haul, when the main-sail is not set. ...

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main-yard men
Those in the doctor's list. ...

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square main-sail
See main-sail. ...

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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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fill the main-yard
An order well understood to mean, fill the main-topsail, after it has been aback, or the ship hove-t...

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splice the main brace
In nautical parlance, to serve out an extra allowance of grog in bad weather or after severe exertio...

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main-piece of the rudder
The rudder-stock, or piece which is connected by the rudder-bands to the stern-post. ...

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mate of the main-deck
The officer appointed to superintend all the duties to be executed upon the main-deck during the day...

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stay-tackles, fore and main
Special movable purchases for hoisting in and out boats, anchors, &c. They plumb the fore and main h...

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as deaf as the main-mast
Said of one who does not readily catch an order given. Thus at sea the main-mast is synonymous with ...

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haul aboard the fore and main tacks
This is to haul them forward, and down to the chess-trees on the weather-side. ...

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