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Plan
·adj A method; a way of procedure; a custom. II. Plan ·vt To form a delineation of; to <<Draught>>;...

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plan
The area or imaginary surface defined by, or within any described lines. In ship-building, the plan ...

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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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American plan
·add. ·- In hotels, aplan upon which guests pay for both room and board by the day, week, or other c...

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Contribution plan
·add. ·- A plan of distributing surplus by giving to each policy the excess of premiums and interest...

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body-plan
The draught of a proposed ship, showing the breadth and timbers; it is a section supposed to cut the...

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horizontal plan
In ship-building, the draught of a proposed ship, showing the whole as if seen from above. ...

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vertical plan
See orthographic projection. ...

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

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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-breadth plan
In ship-building, the same as floor-plan. ...

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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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Hollar's Plan of London
Wenceslaus Hollar was appointed by the King to make exact plan and survey of the City after the Fire...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
plan of the transoms
The horizontal appearance of them, to which the moulds are made, and the bevellings taken. ...

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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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