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Garboard :: Garboard (n.) One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a garboard strake..

Gangway :: Gangway (v. i.) A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place; esp., a temporary way of access formed of planks..

Apron :: Apron (n.) A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, against which the dock gates are shut..

Plank :: Plank (v. t.) To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing..

Furring :: Furring (v. t.) Double planking of a ship's side.

Snying :: Snying (n.) A curved plank, placed edgewise, to work in the bows of a vessel..

Seam :: Seam (n.) Hence, a line of junction; a joint; a suture, as on a ship, a floor, or other structure; the line of union, or joint, of two boards, planks, metal plates, etc..

Strake :: Strake (n.) One breadth of planks or plates forming a continuous range on the bottom or sides of a vessel, reaching from the stem to the stern; a streak..

Apron :: Apron (n.) A flooring of plank before a dam to cause the water to make a gradual descent.

Madrier :: Madrier (n.) A plank or beam used for supporting the earth in mines or fortifications.

Straight-lined :: Straight-joint (a.) In the United States, applied to planking or flooring put together without the tongue and groove, the pieces being laid edge to edge..

Slice :: Slice (v. t.) A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel..

Sawyer :: Sawyer (n.) One whose occupation is to saw timber into planks or boards, or to saw wood for fuel; a sawer..

Channel :: Channel (n.) Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks..

Bearing :: Bearing (n.) The widest part of a vessel below the plank-sheer.

Planking :: Planking (n.) The act of splicing slivers. See Plank, v. t., 4..

Sternsman :: Sternpost (n.) A straight piece of timber, or an iron bar or beam, erected on the extremity of the keel to support the rudder, and receive the ends of the planks or plates of the vessel..

Loof :: Loof (n.) The part of a ship's side where the planking begins to curve toward bow and stern.

Leeboard :: Leeboard (n.) A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a vessel to lessen her leeway when closehauled, by giving her greater draught..

Seesaw :: Seesaw (n.) A play among children in which they are seated upon the opposite ends of a plank which is balanced in the middle, and move alternately up and down..

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