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Watch :: Watch (n.) That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are designated as the port watch, and the starboard watch..

Plank :: Plank (n.) A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board..

Sorn :: Sorn (v. i.) To obtrude one's self on another for bed and board.

Sheathe :: Sheathe (v. t.) To case or cover with something which protects, as thin boards, sheets of metal, and the like; as, to sheathe a ship with copper..

Lapstrake :: Lapstrake (a.) Made with boards whose edges lap one over another; clinker-built; -- said of boats.

Cabinet :: Cabinet (n.) A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence.

Manual :: Manual (a.) A keyboard of an organ or harmonium for the fingers, as distinguished from the pedals; a clavier, or set of keys..

Underboard :: Underboard (adv.) Under the board, or table; hence, secretly; unfairly; underhand. See the Note under Aboveboard..

Washboard :: Washboard (n.) A fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing them..

Ship :: Ship (v. i.) To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war..

Clapboard :: Clapboard (n.) A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other; -- used for weatherboarding the outside of houses..

Slush :: Slush (n.) The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard..

Jonah :: "Jonah (n.) The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious..

Over :: Over (adv.) From one side to another; from side to side; across; crosswise; as, a board, or a tree, a foot over, i. e., a foot in diameter..

Scrubboard :: Scrubboard (n.) A baseboard; a mopboard.

Booth :: Booth (n.) A house or shed built of boards, boughs, or other slight materials, for temporary occupation..

Dresser :: Dresser (v. t.) A cupboard or set of shelves to receive dishes and cooking utensils.

Listing :: Listing (n.) The sapwood cut from the edge of a board.

Centreboard :: Centreboard (n.) A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States.

Breastwheel :: Breastwheel (n.) A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the float boards partly by impulse, partly by its weight..

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