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Shole :: Shole (n.) A plank fixed beneath an object, as beneath the rudder of a vessel, to protect it from injury; a plank on the ground under the end of a shore or the like..

Paddlewood :: Paddlewood (n.) The light elastic wood of the Aspidosperma excelsum, a tree of Guiana having a fluted trunk readily split into planks..

Reem :: Reem (v. t.) To open (the seams of a vessel's planking) for the purpose of calking them.

Rib :: Rib (n.) One of the timbers, or bars of iron or steel, that branch outward and upward from the keel, to support the skin or planking, and give shape and strength to the vessel..

Rail :: Rail (n.) The stout, narrow plank that forms the top of the bulwarks..

Putlog :: Putlog (n.) One of the short pieces of timber on which the planks forming the floor of a scaffold are laid, -- one end resting on the ledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole left in the wall temporarily for the purpose..

Wharfing :: Wharfing (n.) A mode of facing sea walls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties.

Saw :: Saw (v. t.) To form by cutting with a saw; as, to saw boards or planks, that is, to saw logs or timber into boards or planks; to saw shingles; to saw out a panel..

Slab :: Slab (n.) An outside piece taken from a log or timber in sawing it into boards, planks, etc..

Quickwork :: Quickwork (n.) The short planks between the portholes.

Rotten :: Rotten (a.) Not firm or trusty; unsound; defective; treacherous; unsafe; as, a rotten plank, bone, stone..

Quickwork :: Quickwork (n.) The planking between the spirketing and the clamps.

Seesaw :: Seesaw (n.) A plank or board adjusted for this play.

Plank :: Plank (n.) One of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform..

Planking :: Planking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plan.

Lagging :: Lagging (n.) Lags, collectively; narrow planks extending from one rib to another in the centering of arches..

Berthing :: Berthing (n.) The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake..

Boottopping :: Boottopping (n.) Sheathing a vessel with planking over felt.

Scraper :: Scraper (n.) An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges, for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship..

Touch :: Touch (v.) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but (see Top and but, under Top, n.), or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters..

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