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Crew :: Crew (n.) The company of seamen who man a ship, vessel, or at; the company belonging to a vessel or a boat..

Blower :: Blower (n.) The whale; -- so called by seamen, from the circumstance of its spouting up a column of water..

Instop :: Instop (v. t.) To stop; to close; to make fast; as, to instop the seams..

Seaman :: Seaman (n.) One whose occupation is to assist in the management of ships at sea; a mariner; a sailor; -- applied both to officers and common mariners, but especially to the latter. Opposed to landman, or landsman..

Nursery :: Nursery (n.) That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen..

Afterguard :: Afterguard (n.) The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails..

Juncture :: "Juncture (n.) The line or point at which two bodies are joined; a joint; an articulation; a seam; as, the junctures of a vessel or of the bones..

Renter :: Renter (v. t.) To sew together so that the seam is scarcely visible; to sew up with skill and nicety; to finedraw.

Prick :: Prick (n.) To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail..

Slop :: Slop (v. i.) Ready-made clothes; also, among seamen, clothing, bedding, and other furnishings..

Holystone :: Holystone (n.) A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships.

Sempstressy :: Sempstressy (n.) Seamstressy.

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.

Feller :: Feller (n.) An appliance to a sewing machine for felling a seam.

Run :: Run (v. i.) To sew, as a seam, by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time..

Shepster :: Shepster (n.) A seamstress.

Seamstress :: Seamstress (n.) A woman whose occupation is sewing; a needlewoman.

Seam :: Seam (v. t.) To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.

Laterite :: Laterite (n.) An argillaceous sandstone, of a red color, and much seamed; -- found in India..

Waterman :: Waterman (n.) A man who plies for hire on rivers, lakes, or canals, or in harbors, in distinction from a seaman who is engaged on the high seas; a man who manages fresh-water craft; a boatman; a ferryman..

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