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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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Rail
·vt To rail at. II. Rail ·vt To range in a line. III. Rail ·vt To move or influence by railing. I...

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rail
n. common English birdname. There aremany varieties in New Zealand and Australia, especially in the...

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rail
A piece of timber, cleft, hewed, or sawed, inserted in upright posts for fencing. The common rails a...

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rail
a revel, a country wake. Devon. ...

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

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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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T rail
·- ·see under <<T>>. ...

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Third rail
·add. ·- An electric railway using such a rail. II. Third rail ·add. ·- The third rail used in the ...

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Water rail
·- Any one of numerous species of rails of the genus Rallus, as the common European species (Rallus ...

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slip-rail
n. part of a fence so fitted that itcan be removed so as to serve as a gate. Used also for thegatew...

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weka, rail
n. See weka. ...

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to rail it
To travel by rail-road. From Petersburgh I railed it through the North Carolina pitch, tar, turpent...

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rail-car
A car for transporting passengers on rail-roads. ...

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bow-rail
A rail round the bows. ...

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breast-rail
The upper rail of the balcony; formerly it was applied to a railing in front of the quarter-deck, an...

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false rail
A thin plank fayed at the head-rails as a strengthener. ...

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forecastle-rail
The rail extended on stanchions across the after-part of the forecastle-deck in some ships. ...

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pedestal-rail
A rail about two inches thick, wrought over the foot-space rail, and in which there is a groove to s...

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top-rail
A rail supported on stanchions across the after-part of each of a ship's tops. ...

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waist-rail
The channel-rail or moulding of the ship's side. ...

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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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Third-rail system
·add. ·- A system in which a third rail is used for carrying the current for operating the motors, t...

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foot-space-rail
The rail that terminates the foot of the balcony, in which the balusters step, if there be no pedest...

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

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post-and-rail tea
slang name for strong bush-tea: socalled because large bits of the tea, or supposed tea, floatabout ...

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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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