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

Sea-built :: Sea-built (a.) Built at, in, or by the sea..

Ice-built :: Ice-built (a.) Loaded with ice.

Frigate-built :: Frigate-built (a.) Built like a frigate with a raised quarter-deck and forecastle.

Chalet :: Chalet (n.) A summer cottage or country house in the Swiss mountains; any country house built in the style of the Swiss cottages.

Clipper :: Clipper (n.) A vessel with a sharp bow, built and rigged for fast sailing..

Gig :: Gig (n.) A long, light rowboat, generally clinkerbuilt, and designed to be fast; a boat appropriated to the use of the commanding officer; as, the captain's gig..

Built :: Built (a.) Formed; shaped; constructed; made; -- often used in composition and preceded by the word denoting the form; as, frigate-built, clipper-built, etc..

Way :: Way (n.) That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes; opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage; road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a way to the mine..

Nog :: Nog (n.) A wooden block, of the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork..

Surfeit :: Surfboat (n.) A boat intended for use in heavy surf. It is built with a pronounced sheer, and with a view to resist the shock of waves and of contact with the beach..

Girder :: Girder (n.) A main beam; a stright, horizontal beam to span an opening or carry weight, such as ends of floor beams, etc.; hence, a framed or built-up member discharging the same office, technically called a compound girder. See Illusts. of Frame, and Doubleframed floor, under Double..

Hewn :: Hewn (a.) Felled, cut, or shaped as with an ax; roughly squared; as, a house built of hewn logs..

Ice-built :: Ice-built (a.) Composed of ice.

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

Wharf :: Wharf (n.) A structure or platform of timber, masonry, iron, earth, or other material, built on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, or the like, and usually extending from the shore to deep water, so that vessels may lie close alongside to receive and discharge cargo, passengers, etc.; a quay; a pier..

Pentelican :: Pentelican (a.) Of or pertaining to Mount Pentelicus, near Athens, famous for its fine white marble quarries; obtained from Mount Pentelicus; as, the Pentelic marble of which the Parthenon is built..

Slip :: Slip (n.) An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair..

Trim :: Trim (v. t.) Fitly adjusted; being in good order., or made ready for service or use; firm; compact; snug; neat; fair; as, the ship is trim, or trim built; everything about the man is trim; a person is trim when his body is well shaped and firm; his dress is trim when it fits closely to his body, and appears tight and snug; a man or a soldier is trim when he stands erect..

Mew :: Mew (n.) A stable or range of stables for horses; -- compound used in the plural, and so called from the royal stables in London, built on the site of the king's mews for hawks..

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