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Reel :: Reel (n.) A frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound; as, a log reel, used by seamen; an angler's reel; a garden reel..

Fell :: Fell (v. t.) To sew or hem; -- said of seams.

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

Asbestos :: Asbestos (n.) A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a similar variety of serpentine..

Seam :: Seam (v. i.) To become ridgy; to crack open.

Corniferous :: Corniferous (a.) Of or pertaining to the lowest period of the Devonian age. (See the Diagram, under Geology.) The Corniferous period has been so called from the numerous seams of hornstone which characterize the later part of the period, as developed in the State of New York..

Landlubber :: Landlubber (n.) One who passes his life on land; -- so called among seamen in contempt or ridicule.

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

Meaking :: Meaking (n.) The process of picking out the oakum from the seams of a vessel which is to be recalked.

Sutured :: Suture (n.) A seam, or impressed line, as between the segments of a crustacean, or between the whorls of a univalve shell..

Seam :: Seam (v. t.) To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting..

Sewster :: Sewster (n.) A seamstress.

Pitch :: Pitch (n.) A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them..

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..

Ship :: Ship (v. t.) To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen..

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

Inseamed :: Inseamed (imp. & p. p.) of Insea.

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

Sea Term :: Sea term () A term used specifically by seamen; a nautical word or phrase.

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..

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