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An iron pin tapering to a point, and principally used to separate the strands of a rope, in order to...

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spike-nails
See deck-nails. ...

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spike-plank
(Speak-plank?) In Polar voyages, a platform projecting across the vessel before the mizen-mast, to e...

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spike-tackle and cant-falls
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The same as pickling tub. See *pickling tub. ...

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swill tub
A drunkard, a sot. ...

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tub thumper
A presbyterian parson. ...

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steep-tub
A large tub in which salt provisions are soaked previous to being cooked. ...

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tub, grog
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tub, match
A conical tub used to guard the slow match in action. They were formerly about five-gallon capacity,...

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marline-spike hitch
A peculiar hitch in marling, made by laying the marline-spike upon the seizing stuff, and then bring...

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autem quaver tub
A Quakers' meeting-house. CANT. ...

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