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Undeck :: Undeck (v. t.) To divest of ornaments.

Array :: Array (n.) To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind.

Betrap :: Betrap (v. t.) To put trappings on; to clothe; to deck.

Washboard :: Washboard (n.) A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; -- called also wasteboard..

Quarter-deck :: Quarter-deck (n.) That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one..

Deck :: Deck (v. t.) To dress, as the person; to clothe; especially, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance; to array; to adorn; to embellish..

Holystone :: Holystone (v. t.) To scrub with a holystone, as the deck of a vessel..

Gaud :: Gaud (v. t.) To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colors; to paint.

Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck of an enemy's vessel..

Breastrail :: Breastrail (n.) The upper rail of any parapet of ordinary height, as of a balcony; the railing of a quarter-deck, etc..

Murderer :: Murderer (n.) A small cannon, formerly used for clearing a ship's decks of boarders; -- called also murdering piece..

Rudderhole :: Rudderhole (n.) The hole in the deck through which the rudderpost passes.

States-general :: Stateroom (n.) A small apartment for lodging or sleeping in the cabin, or on the deck, of a vessel; also, a somewhat similar apartment in a railway sleeping car..

Roustabout :: Roustabout (n.) A laborer, especially a deck hand, on a river steamboat, who moves the cargo, loads and unloads wood, and the like; in an opprobrious sense, a shiftless vagrant who lives by chance jobs..

Deck :: Deck (v.) The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat.

Tinsel :: Tinsel (v. t.) To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy.

Stick :: Stick (n.) To fasten, attach, or cause to remain, by thrusting in; hence, also, to adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing; as, to stick a pin on the sleeve..

Shovelboard :: Shovelboard (n.) A game played on board ship in which the aim is to shove or drive with a cue wooden disks into divisions chalked on the deck; -- called also shuffleboard.

Hatch :: Hatch (n.) An opening in the deck of a vessel or floor of a warehouse which serves as a passageway or hoistway; a hatchway; also; a cover or door, or one of the covers used in closing such an opening..

Standard :: Standard (n.) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally..

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