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Mould
·vt To cover with mold or soil. II. Mould ·noun Cast; form; shape; character. III. Mould ·noun A <...

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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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mould-warp
the same ; from the Low Dutch, WORPEN, to cast forth, and MOLDE, earth. N. ...

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bend-mould
A mould made to form the futtocks in the square body, assisted by the rising-square and floor-hollow...

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bullet-mould
An implement for casting bullets. ...

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counter-mould
The converse of mould (which see). ...

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hollow-mould
The same as floor-hollow (which see). ...

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mould-loft
A long building, on the floor of which the intended vessel is laid off from the several draughts in ...

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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-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-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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