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Wad :: Wad (n.) Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose..

Traction :: Traction (n.) Specifically, the act of drawing a body along a plane by motive power, as the drawing of a carriage by men or horses, the towing of a boat by a tug..

Gammon :: Gammon (v. t.) To beat in the game of backgammon, before an antagonist has been able to get his men or counters home and withdraw any of them from the board; as, to gammon a person..

Steer :: Steer (v. i.) To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm; as, the boat steers easily..

Starboard :: Starboard (a.) Pertaining to the right-hand side of a ship; being or lying on the right side; as, the starboard quarter; starboard tack..

Ticket :: Ticket (v.) A certificate or token of right of admission to a place of assembly, or of passage in a public conveyance; as, a theater ticket; a railroad or steamboat ticket..

Locker :: Locker (n.) A drawer, cupboard, compartment, or chest, esp. one in a ship, that may be closed with a lock..

Through :: Through (prep.) From end to end of, or from side to side of; from one surface or limit of, to the opposite; into and out of at the opposite, or at another, point; as, to bore through a piece of timber, or through a board; a ball passes through the side of a ship..

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood; as, to traverse a board..

Transient :: Transient (a.) Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a transient guest; transient boarders..

Card :: Card (n.) A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See Jacquard..

Tonnage :: Tonnage (n.) The weight of goods carried in a boat or a ship.

Wainscoting :: Wainscoting (n.) The act or occupation of covering or lining with boards in panel.

Rodomont :: Rodomont (a.) Bragging; vainly boasting.

Board :: Board (n.) The stretch which a ship makes in one tack.

Proudly :: Proudly (adv.) In a proud manner; with lofty airs or mien; haughtily; arrogantly; boastfully.

Reliance :: Reliance (n.) Anything on which to rely; dependence; ground of trust; as, the boat was a poor reliance..

Blatteroon :: Blatteroon (n.) A senseless babbler or boaster.

Land :: Land (n.) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; -- called also landing.

Fender :: Fender (v. t. & i.) A screen to protect a carriage from mud thrown off the wheels: also, a splashboard..

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