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• Batten

  ·vt To fertilize or enrich, as land. II. Batten ·vt To furnish or fasten with battens. III. Batten...

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• batten

  to feed or fatten. N. ...

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• Sheer

  ·adv Clean; quite; at once. II. Sheer ·noun A turn or change in a course. III. Sheer ·vi Bright; c...

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• sheer

  Applied in the United States to fabrics of cotton or silk; as, sheer muslin; meaning very thin, clea...

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• sheer

  The longitudinal curve of a ship's decks or sides; the hanging of the vessel's side in a fore-and-af...

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• Plank-sheer

  ·noun The course of plank laid horizontally over the timberheads of a vessel's frame. ...

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• plank-sheer

  Pieces of plank covering the timber-heads round the ship; also, the gunwale or covering-board. The s...

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• sheer-draught

  In ship-building, a section supposed to be cut by a plane passing through the middle line of the kee...

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• sheer-hulk

  An old ship fitted with sheers, &c., and used for taking out and putting in the masts of other vesse...

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• sheer-lashing

  Middle the rope, and pass a good turn round both legs at the cross. Then take one end up and the oth...

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• sheer-mast

  The peculiar rig of the rafts on the Guayaquil river; also of the piratical prahus of the eastern se...

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• sheer-mould

  Synonymous with ram-line (which see). ...

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• sheer-plan

  The draught of the side of a proposed ship, showing the length, depth, rake, water-lines, &c. ...

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• sheer-rail

  The wrought-rail generally placed well with the sheer or top-timber line; the narrow ornamental moul...

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• sheer-sail

  A drift-sail. ...

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• sheer-wales

  Strakes of thick stuff in the top-sides of three-decked ships, between the middle and upper deck-por...

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• break-sheer, to

  When a ship at anchor is laid in a proper position to keep clear of her anchor, but is forced by the...

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• sheer, to break

  To deviate from that position, and thereby risk fouling the anchor. Thus a vessel riding with short ...

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• sheer off, to

  To move to a greater distance, or to steer so as to keep clear of a vessel or other object. ...

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• sheer up alongside, to

  To approach a ship or other object in an oblique direction. ...

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• sheer to the anchor, to

  To direct the ship's bows by the helm to the place where the anchor lies, while the cable is being h...

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