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Quarter
·vt Friendship; amity; concord. II. Quarter ·vi To <<Lodge>>; to have a temporary residence. III. ...

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quarter
This term literally implies one quarter of the ship, but in common parlance applies to 45° abaft the...

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Boat
·vi To go or row in a boat. II. Boat ·vt To place in a boat; as, to boat oars. III. Boat ·vt To tr...

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boat
A small open vessel, conducted on the water by rowing or sailing. The construction, machinery, and...

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Quarter round
·- An <<Ovolo>>. ...

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Quarter-deck
·noun That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one. ...

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Quarter-saw
·add. ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. To saw (a log) into quarters; specif., to saw into quarters and then into boar...

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Three-quarter
·adj Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five; — said of portraitures. ...

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staring quarter
An ox cheek. ...

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last quarter
See quarter, last. ...

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quarter, first
When the moon appears exactly as a half-moon, 90° from the sun towards the east, she is in the first...

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quarter, last
When the moon appears exactly as a half-moon, and her angular distance from the sun 90°, but towards...

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quarter-badge
Artificial galleries; a carved ornament near the stern of those vessels which have no quarter-galler...

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quarter-bill
A list containing the different stations to which the officers and crew are quartered in time of act...

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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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quarter-cask
One-half of a hogshead, or 28 imperial gallons. ...

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quarter-cloths
Long pieces of painted canvas, extended on the outside of the quarter-netting, from the upper part o...

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quarter-davits
Pieces of iron or timber with sheaves or blocks at their outer ends, projecting from a vessel's quar...

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quarter-deck
That part of the upper deck which is abaft the main-mast. (See decks, and jack's quarter-deck.) ...

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quarter-deckers
Those officers more remarkable for etiquette than for a knowledge of seamanship. ...

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quarter-deckish
Punctilious, severe. ...

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quarter-fast
See fast. ...

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quarter-flood
See flood. ...

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quarter-gallery
A sort of balcony with windows on the quarters of large ships. (See gallery.) ...

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quarter-galley
A Barbary cruiser. ...

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quarter-guard
A small guard posted in front of each battalion in camp. ...

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quarter-gunner
See gunner. ...

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quarter-ladder
From the quarter-deck to the poop. ...

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quarter-man
A dockyard officer employed to superintend a certain number of workmen. ...

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quarter-master
A petty officer, appointed to assist the master and mates in their several duties, as stowing the ho...

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quarter-nettings
The places allotted on the quarters for the stowage of hammocks, which, in action, serve to arrest m...

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quarter-pieces
Projections at the after-part of the quarter, forming the boundaries of the galleries. ...

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quarter-point
A subdivision of the compass-card, equal to 2° 48′ 45″ of the circle. ...

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quarter-ports
Those made in the after side-timbers, and especially in round-stern vessels. They are inconvenient f...

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quarter-rails
Narrow moulded planks, reaching from the stern to the gangway, and serving as a fence to the quarter...

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quarter-sights
The engraved index on the base-rings of cannon in quarter degrees from point-blank to two or three d...

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quarter-slings
Are supports attached to a yard or other spar at one or both sides of (but not in) its centre. ...

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quarter-stanchions
Strong iron stanchions in a square-sterned vessel, connecting the main-rail with the taffrail; used ...

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quarter-tackle
A strong tackle fixed occasionally upon the quarter of the main-yard, to hoist heavy bodies in or ou...

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quarter-timbers
The framing timbers in a vessel's quarter. ...

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quarter-watch
A division of one-fourth of the crew into watches, which in light winds and well-conducted ships is ...

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quarter-wind
Blowing upon a vessel's quarter, abaft the main-shrouds. ...

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quarter-shot
See water-shot ...

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Boat bug
·- An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta; — so called from swimming on its back, whi...

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Boat shell
·- A marine univalve shell of the genus Cymba. II. Boat shell ·- A marine gastropod of the genus Cr...

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Boat-shaped
·adj ·see <<Cymbiform>>. ...

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Boat-tail
·noun A large grackle or blackbird (Quiscalus major), found in the Southern United States. ...

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Flying boat
·add. ·- A compact form of hydro-aeroplane having one central body, or hull. ...

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Hatch-boat
·noun A vessel whose deck consists almost wholly of movable hatches; — used mostly in the fisheries...

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Jolly-boat
·noun A boat of medium size belonging to a ship. ...

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Light-boat
·noun Light-ship. ...

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Mackinaw boat
·add. ·- A flat-bottomed boat with a pointed prow and square stern, using oars or sails or both, use...

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Masoola boat
·- A kind of boat used on the coast of Madras, India. The planks are sewed together with strands of ...

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Massoola boat
·- ·see Masoola boat. ...

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Masula boat
·- ·same·as Masoola boat. ...

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Una boat
·- The English name for a catboat; — so called because Una was the name of the first boat of this k...

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Ferry boat
(2 Sam. 19:18), some kind of boat for crossing the river which the men of Judah placed at the servic...

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bum boat
A boat attending ships to retail greens, drams, &c. commonly rowed by a woman; a kind of floating ch...

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chebacco boat
Probably the same as the xebec of the Mediterranean. A description of fishing vessel employed in the...

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advice-boat
A small fast-sailing vessel in advance of a fleet, employed to carry intelligence with all possible ...

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billy boat
See billy boy ...

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boat-buoys
Means added to increase the buoyancy of life-boats, &c. ...

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boat-chocks
Clamps of wood upon which a boat rests when stowed on a vessel's deck. ...

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boat-cloak
A mantle for the officer going on duty; when left in the boat it is in the coxswain's charge. ...

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boat-davit
A curved piece of timber with a sheave at its outer end, which projects over the boat's stern, while...

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boat-fast
See painter. ...

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boat-geer
A general name for the rigging and furniture of a boat. ...

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boat-hire
Expenses for the use of shore-boats. ...

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boat-hook
An iron hook with a straight prong at its hinder part; it is fixed upon a pole, by the help of which...

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boat-keeper
One of the boat's crew who remains in charge of her during the absence of the others. In small vesse...

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boat-nails
Those supplied for the carpenter's use are of various lengths, generally rose-headed, square at the ...

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boat-rope
A separate rope veered to the boat to be towed at the ship's stern. ...

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boat-skids
Portable pieces of plank used to prevent chafing when a boat is hoisted or lowered. (See skids.) ...

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bolt-boat
An old term for a boat which makes good weather in a rough sea. ...

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bum-boat
A boat employed to carry provisions, vegetables, and small merchandise for sale to ships, either in ...

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canal-boat
A barge generally towed by horses, but furnished with a large square-sail for occasional use. ...

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chebacco boat
A description of fishing-vessel employed in the Newfoundland fisheries. It is probably named from Ch...

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cock-boat
A very small boat used on rivers or near the shore. Formerly the cock was the general name of a yawl...

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crab-boat
Resembles a large jolly-boat. ...

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dawk-boat
A boat for the conveyance of letters in India; dawk being the Hindostanee for mail. ...

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dredger-boat
One that uses the net so called, for turbots, soles, sandlings, &c. ...

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fishing-boat
A stout fishing-vessel with two lug-sails. ...

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fly-boat
A large flat-bottomed Dutch vessel, whose burden is generally from 300 to 600 tons. It is distinguis...

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foot-boat
A west-country term for a boat used solely to convey foot passengers. ...

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guard-boat
A boat appointed to row the rounds amongst the ships of war in any harbour, &c., to observe that the...

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guinea-boat
A fast-rowing galley, of former times, expressly built for smuggling gold across the Channel, in use...

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gunning-boat
, or gunning-shout. A light and narrow boat in which the fen-men pursue the flocks of wild-fowl. ...

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haaf-boat
One fitted for deep-water fishing. ...

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hag-boat
See heck-boat. ...

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hatch-boat
A sort of small vessel known as a pilot-boat, having a deck composed almost entirely of hatches. ...

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heck-boat
The old term for pinks. Latterly a clincher-built boat with covered fore-sheets, and one mast with a...

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hog-boat
See heck-boat. ...

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house-boat
One with a cabin; a coche d'eau. ...

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ice-boat
A peculiar track-schuyt for the Dutch canals in winter. ...

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jolly-boat
A smaller boat than the cutter, but likewise clincher-built. It is generally a hack boat for small w...

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life-boat
One of such peculiar construction that it cannot sink or be swamped. It is equipped for attending wh...

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lobster-boat
A bluff, clincher-built vessel, fitted with a well, to preserve the lobsters alive. ...

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long boat
Is carvel-built, full, flat, and high, and is usually the largest boat belonging to a ship, furnishe...

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lug-boat
The fine Deal boats which brave the severest weather; they are rigged as luggers, and dip the yards ...

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mackerel-boat
A stout clinch-worked vessel, with a large fore-sail, sprit-sail, and mizen. ...

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monkey-boat
A half-decked boat above-bridge on the Thames. ...

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negro-boat
See almadia. ...

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passage-boat
A small vessel employed in carrying persons or luggage from one port to another. Also, a ferry-boat....

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peter-boat
A fishing-boat of the Thames and Medway, so named after St. Peter, as the patron of fishermen, whose...

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pitch-boat
A vessel fitted for boiling pitch in, which should be veered astern of the one being caulked. ...

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rocket-boat
Flat-bottomed boats, fitted with rocket-frames to fire Congreve rockets from, in naval bombardment. ...

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sea-boat
A good sea-boat implies any vessel adapted to bear the sea firmly and lively without labouring heavi...

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stal-boat
A peculiar fishing-boat, mentioned in statute 27 Eliz. c. 21. ...

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surf-boat
A peculiar kind of flat-bottomed boat, varying according to local exigencies, for landing men, or go...

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team-boat
A ferry-boat worked with horses by paddle-wheel propulsion. ...

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tilt-boat
One expressly fitted like a tilt-waggon, to preserve powder or other fragile stores from the weather...

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tod-boat
A broad flat Dutch fishing-boat. ...

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track-boat
[from the Dutch treck-schuyt]. A vessel used on a canal or narrow stream. ...

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whale-boat
A boat varying from 26 to 56 feet in length, and from 4 to 10 feet beam, sharp at both ends, and adm...

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jack's quarter-deck
The deck elevation forward in some vessels, often called a top-gallant forecastle. ...

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on the quarter
Being in that position with regard to a ship, as to be included in the angles which diverge from rig...

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quarter-deck nettings
See netting. ...

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quarter-deck officers
A term implying the executive in general; officers whose places in action are there, in command. ...

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quarter-master general
Is the head of that department of the army which has charge of the quartering, encamping, embarking,...

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Torpedo-boat destroyer
·add. ·- A larger, swifter, and more powerful armed type of torpedo boat, originally intended princi...

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boat the anchor
Place the anchor in-board in the boat. ...

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boat the oars
Put them in their proper places fore and aft on the thwarts ready for use. ...

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japanese whale-boat
A long, open, and sharp rowing-boat of Japan. ...

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trim the boat!
The order to sit in the boat in such a manner as that she shall float upright. Also, to edge aft, so...

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yarmouth herring-boat
A clincher-built vessel with lug-sails, similar to the drift or mackerel boats. ...

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moor quarter-shot, to
To moor quartering, between the two ways of across and along. ...

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top-gallant quarter-boards
, or top-gallant bulwarks. See quarter-boards. ...

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ears of a boat
The knee-pieces at the fore-part on the outside at the height of the gunwale. ...

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moor the boat, to
To fasten her with two ropes, so that the one shall counteract the other, and keep her in a steady p...

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snake-boat of cochin
See pamban manche ...

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wind a boat, to
To change her position by bringing her stern round to the place where the head was. (See wending.) ...

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first quarter of the moon
See quarter, first. ...

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walk the quarter-deck, to
A phrase signifying to take the rank of an officer. ...

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bundling things into a boat
Loading it in a slovenly way. ...

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fore-sheets of a boat
The inner part of the bows, opposite to stern-sheets, fitted with gratings on which the bowman stand...

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stroke-side of a boat
That in which the after starboard rowlock is placed, or where the after oar is rowed if single-banke...

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well-room of a boat
The place in the bottom where the water lies, between the ceiling and the platform of the stern-shee...

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lee-side of the quarter-deck
Colloquially called the midshipman's parade. ...

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row in the same boat, to
To be of similar principles. ...

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