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Sempstress :: Sempstress (n.) A seamstress.

Rescue :: Rescue (v. t.) To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction..

Seaming :: Seaming (n.) The cord or rope at the margin of a seine, to which the meshes of the net are attached..

Seamster :: Seamster (n.) One who sews well, or whose occupation is to sew..

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

Backstitch :: Backstitch (v. i.) To sew with backstitches; as, to backstitch a seam..

Seamed :: Seamed (imp. & p. p.) of Sea.

Duff :: Duff (n.) A stiff flour pudding, boiled in a bag; -- a term used especially by seamen; as, plum duff..

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..

Calk :: Calk (v. t.) To drive tarred oakum into the seams between the planks of (a ship, boat, etc.), to prevent leaking. The calking is completed by smearing the seams with melted pitch..

Shepster :: Shepster (n.) A seamstress.

Chart :: Chart (n.) A map; esp., a hydrographic or marine map; a map on which is projected a portion of water and the land which it surrounds, or by which it is surrounded, intended especially for the use of seamen; as, the United States Coast Survey charts; the English Admiralty charts..

Kill :: Kill (v. t.) To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind..

Landsman :: Landsman (n.) One who lives on the land; -- opposed to seaman.

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

Seam :: Seam (n.) Grease; tallow; lard.

Sempster :: Sempster (n.) A seamster.

Thrum :: Thrum (n.) A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.

Welt :: Welt (n.) A small cord covered with cloth and sewed on a seam or border to strengthen it; an edge of cloth folded on itself, usually over a cord, and sewed down..

Waister :: Waister (n.) A seaman, usually a green hand or a broken-down man, stationed in the waist of a vessel of war..

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