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

Guard :: Guard (v. t.) A fence or rail to prevent falling from the deck of a vessel.

Beakhead :: Beakhead (n.) A small platform at the fore part of the upper deck of a vessel, which contains the water closets of the crew..

Nettles :: Nettles (n. pl.) Small lines used to sling hammocks under the deck beams.

Deckel :: Deckel (n.) Same as Deckle.

Bedecking :: Bedecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedec.

Garland :: Garland (v. t.) To deck with a garland.

Well :: Well (v. i.) A depressed space in the after part of the deck; -- often called the cockpit.

Decker :: Decker (n.) One who, or that which, decks or adorns; a coverer; as, a table decker..

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

Waist :: Waist (n.) Hence, the middle part of other bodies; especially (Naut.), that part of a vessel's deck, bulwarks, etc., which is between the quarter-deck and the forecastle; the middle part of the ship..

Coach :: Coach (n.) A cabin on the after part of the quarter-deck, usually occupied by the captain..

Apparel :: Apparel (v. t.) To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as, trees appareled with flowers, or a garden with verdure..

Tiff :: Tiff (v. t.) To deck out; to dress.

Housing :: Housing (n.) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.

Companion :: Companion (n.) A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck..

Frigate :: Frigate (n.) Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to larger vessels, and by 1750 it had been appropriated for a class of war vessels intermediate between corvettes and ships of the line. Frigates, from about 1750 to 1850, had one full battery deck and, often, a spar deck with a lighter battery. They carried sometimes as many as fifty guns. After the application of steam to navigation steam frigates of largely incre

Scuttle :: Scuttle (n.) A small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship, large enough to admit a man, and with a lid for covering it, also, a like hole in the side or bottom of a ship..

Well :: Well (v. i.) An inclosure in the middle of a vessel's hold, around the pumps, from the bottom to the lower deck, to preserve the pumps from damage and facilitate their inspection..

Lobby :: Lobby (n.) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.

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