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Gudgeon
·noun A person easily duped or cheated. II. Gudgeon ·noun What may be got without skill or merit. ...

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gudgeon
One easily imposed on. To gudgeon; to swallow the bait, or fall into a trap: from the fish of that n...

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gudgeon
n. The name is given in New SouthWales to the fish Eleotris coxii, Krefft, of the familyof the Gobi...

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gudgeon
The Gobio fluviatilis, a well-known river-fish, 6 or 7 inches in length. ...

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Rudder
·noun A riddle or sieve. II. Rudder ·noun Fig.: That which resembles a rudder as a guide or governo...

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rudder
The appendage attached by pintles and braces to the stern-post of a vessel, by which its course thro...

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Sea gudgeon
·- The European black goby (Gobius niger). ...

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ground-gudgeon
A little fish, the Cobitis barbatula. ...

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Rudder bands
Ancient ships had two great broad-bladed oars for rudders. These, when not in use, were lifted out o...

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jury-rudder
A contrivance, of which there are several kinds, for supplying a vessel with the means of steering w...

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rudder braces
The iron or composition hinges on which a rudder turns. ...

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rudder bands or braces
The iron or composition hinges on which a rudder turns. ...

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rudder-case
The same as rudder-trunk (which see). ...

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rudder-chains
Strong copper chains connected with the aft side of the rudder by a span clamp and shackles. They ar...

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rudder-chalder
The same as gudgeon (which see) and chalder. ...

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rudder-chocks
See chock. ...

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rudder-coat
A canvas coat affixed to the rudder, encasing the opening in the counter, to prevent the sea from ru...

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rudder-head
The upper end of the rudder-stock. Also, the flat surface of the trunk, which in cabins and ward-roo...

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rudder-horn
A kind of iron crutch bolted to the back of the rudder, for attaching the rudder chains to in case o...

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rudder-house
Synonymous with wheel-house. ...

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rudder-irons
The pintles, gudgeons, and braces of the rudder are frequently so called, though they were usually o...

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rudder-pendants
(See rudder-chains.) Hempen pendants fastened to the rudder-chains, for steering in cases of acciden...

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rudder-pintles
The hooks attached to the rudder, which enter the braces, and hang it. ...

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rudder-rake
The aftermost part of the rudder. ...

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rudder-stock
The main piece of a rudder. ...

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rudder-tackles
Attached to the rudder-pendants. ...

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rudder-trunk
A casing of wood fitted or boxed firmly into a cavity in the vessel's counter, called the helm port,...

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hanging the rudder
So as to allow the pintles to fall into their corresponding braces, constantly in boats, and frequen...

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horns of the rudder
See rudder-horn. ...

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key of the rudder
(See wood-locks of the rudder.) In machinery, applies to wedges, forelocks, &c. ...

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sole of the rudder
A piece of timber attached to its lower part to render it nearly level with the false keel. ...

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straps of the rudder
See pintles. ...

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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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wood-locks of the rudder
Pieces of timber sheathed with copper, in coppered ships, placed in the throating or scores of the s...

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