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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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Mast
·noun The vertical post of a derrick or crane. II. Mast ·noun The fruit of the oak and beech, or ot...

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mast
[Anglo-Saxon mæst, also meant chief or greatest]. A long cylindrical piece of timber elevated perpen...

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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-batten
A batten stretched horizontally along the shrouds, and seized firmly above each of their dead-eyes, ...

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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-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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Half-mast
·noun A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mou...

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Jury mast
·add. ·- An apparatus to support the trunk and head in spinal disease. II. Jury mast ·add. ·- A tem...

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dur-mast
An inferior oak of more rapid growth than the true English. ...

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fore-mast
The forward lower-mast in all vessels. (See mast.) ...

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foretop-mast
See top-mast. ...

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half-mast
The lowering a flag in respect for the death of an officer. ...

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jigger-mast
In large vessels it is an additional aftermost mast; thus any sail set on the ensign-staff would be ...

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jury-mast
A temporary or occasional mast erected in a ship in the place of one which has been carried away in ...

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mast-carlings
Those large carlings which are placed at the sides of the masts from beam to beam, to frame the part...

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mast-coat
A conical canvas fitted over the wedges round the mast, to prevent water oozing down from the decks....

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mast-head
The upper part of a mast above the rigging. ...

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mast-heading
A well-known marine punishment, said to give midshipmen the best time for reading. A court-martial, ...

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mast-high
A figurative expression of height. ...

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mast-holes
The apertures in the deck-partners for stepping the masts. ...

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mast-hoops
The iron hoops on made or built masts. ...

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mast-house
In dockyards, where masts are made. ...

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mast-rope
[Anglo-Saxon mæst-ràp]. That which is used for sending masts up or down. ...

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mizen-mast
The aftermost mast of a ship (see shrouds, stay, yard, &c.), observing only that the epithet of fore...

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skysail-mast
The pole or upper portion of a royal mast, when long enough to serve for setting a skysail; otherwis...

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topgallant-mast
The third mast above the deck; the uppermost before the days of royals and flying kites. ...

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top-mast
The second division of a mast above the deck. (See mast.) ...

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trysail-mast
A spar abaft the fore and main mast, for hoisting the trysail. ...

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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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afore the mast
See before the mast. ...

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before the mast
The station of the working seamen, as distinguishing them from the officers. ...

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fore-mast man
From "before the mast." A private seaman as distinguished from an officer of a ship. ...

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foretop-gallant-mast
See topgallant-mast, to which may be added its proper sail, yard, and studding-sail. ...

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hand mast-piece
The smaller hand mast-spars. ...

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hand mast-spar
A round mast; those from Riga are commonly over 70 feet long by 20 inches diameter. ...

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

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mast-head men
The men stationed aloft to keep a look-out. ...

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mast-head pendants
See pendant. ...

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mizen mast-head
Rear-admirals carry their flag at their mizen. ...

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reefed top-mast
When a top-mast is sprung in or near the cap, the lower piece is cut off, and a new fid-hole cut, by...

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sheer up alongside, to
To approach a ship or other object in an oblique direction. ...

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jury mast. a journiere
mast; i.e. a mast for the day or occasion. ...

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cheeks of the mast
The faces or projecting parts on each side of the masts, formed to sustain the trestle-trees upon wh...

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dolphin of the mast
A kind of wreath or strap formed of plaited cordage, to be fastened occasionally round the lower yar...

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head of a mast
, or mast-head. The upper part of any mast, or that whereon the caps or trucks are fitted. ...

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heel of a mast
The lower end, which either fits into the step attached to the keel, or in top-masts is sustained by...

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pay a mast, to
or pay a yard, to To anoint it with tar, turpentine, rosin, tallow, or varnish; tallow is particul...

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wring a mast, to
To bend, cripple, or strain it out of its natural position by setting the shrouds up too taut. The p...

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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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housing of a lower mast
That part of a mast which is below deck to the step in the kelson; of a bowsprit, the portion within...

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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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