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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..

Stretcher :: Stretch (n.) Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal..

Arrhaphostic :: Arrhaphostic (a.) Seamless.

Welt :: Welt (n.) In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it..

Chinse :: Chinse (v. t. & i.) To thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel , the point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly..

Sewster :: Sewster (n.) A seamstress.

Parting :: Parting (n.) A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam..

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

Mariner :: Mariner (n.) One whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; a seaman or sailor.

Making-iron :: Making-iron (n.) A tool somewhat like a chisel with a groove in it, used by calkers of ships to finish the seams after the oakum has been driven in..

Seaman :: Seaman (n.) A merman; the male of the mermaid.

Semster :: Semster (n.) A seamster.

Start :: Start (v. i.) To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure..

Sutural :: Sutural (a.) Of or pertaining to a suture, or seam..

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..

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

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..

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

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

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..

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