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Fin
·noun A feather; a spline. II. Fin ·noun A blade of whalebone. III. Fin ·noun End; conclusion; obj...

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fin
An arm. A one finned fellow; a man who has lost an arm. SEA PHRASE. ...

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fin
[Anglo-Saxon, Finn]. A native of Finland; those are Fins who live by fishing. We use the whole for...

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Keel
·noun Fig.: The whole ship. II. Keel ·noun A brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat. III. Keel ·vi To tur...

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keel
a coal-barge. Northumb. The men belonging to it KEEL-MEN. ...

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keel
The lowest and principal timber of a ship, running fore and aft its whole length, and supporting the...

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Fin-footed
·adj Having palmate feet. II. Fin-footed ·adj Having lobate toes, as the coot and grebe. ...

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Fin-toed
·adj Having toes connected by a membrane; palmiped; palmated; also, lobate. ...

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long-fin
n. name given to the fish Caprodonschlegelii, Gunth., and in New South Wales to Anthiaslongimanus, ...

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caudal fin
The vertical median fin terminating the tail of fishes. ...

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dorsal fin
The median fin placed upon the back of fishes. ...

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fin-back
See finner. ...

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fin-whale
See finner. ...

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ventral fin
The posterior pair of fins under the body of fishes, corresponding to the hind legs of terrestrial q...

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keel bullies
Men employed to load and unload the coal vessels. ...

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to keel over
A nautical term; to capsize or upset, and metaphorically applied to a sudden prostration. As it see...

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even keel
When a ship is so trimmed as to sit evenly upon the water, drawing the same depth forward as aft. So...

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false keel
A kind of supplemental or additional keel secured under the main one, to protect it should the ship ...

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humber-keel
A particular clincher-built craft used on the Humber. ...

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keel-blocks
Short log ends of timbers on which the keel of a vessel rests while building or repairing, affording...

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keel-deeters
The wives and daughters of keelmen, who sweep and clean the keels, having the sweepings of small coa...

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keel-hauling
A severe punishment formerly inflicted for various offences, especially in the Dutch navy. The culpr...

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keel leg
Means any anchor; as, "she has come to a keelock." ...

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keel hook
Means any anchor; as, "she has come to a keelock." ...

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keel-pieces
The parts of the keel which are of large timber. ...

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keel-rake
Synonymous with keel-haul. See keel-hauling. ...

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keel-rope
A coarse rope formerly used for cleaning the limber-holes. ...

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keel-staples
Generally made of copper, from six to twelve inches long, with a jagged hook to each end. They are d...

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main-keel
The principal keel, as distinguished from the false-keel and the keelson. ...

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safety-keel
A construction of keel for further security, by Oliver Lang. ...

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sliding-keel
A contrivance to prevent vessels from being driven to leeward by a side-wind; it is composed of plan...

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Fin de siecle
·add. ·- Lit., end of the century; — mostly used adjectively in English to signify: belonging to, o...

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keel the pot
skim the pot. North. See Love's Labour's Lost. ...

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heaving keel out
The utmost effect to be produced by careening, viz. to raise the keel out of the water in order to r...

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hove keel out
Hove so completely over the beam-ends that the keel is above the water. ...

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scarphs of the keel
The joints, when a keel is made of several pieces. (See scarph.) ...

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tread of a keel
The length of her keel. ...

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die on the fin, to
An expression applied to whales, which when dying rise to the surface, after the final dive, with on...

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