Definition of deck

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

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Prink :: Prink (v. t.) To prank or dress up; to deck fantastically.
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.
Roomy :: Roomy (a.) Having ample room; spacious; large; as, a roomy mansion; a roomy deck..
Lobby :: Lobby (n.) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
Forecastle :: Forecastle (n.) That part of the upper deck of a vessel forward of the foremast, or of the after part of the fore channels..
Orlop :: Orlop (n.) The lowest deck of a vessel, esp. of a ship of war, consisting of a platform laid over the beams in the hold, on which the cables are coiled..
Holystone :: Holystone (n.) A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships.
Garb :: Garb (v. t.) To clothe; array; deck.
Tiff :: Tiff (v. t.) To deck out; to dress.
Undecked :: Undecked (a.) Not having a deck; as, an undecked vessel..
Gangway :: Gangway (v. i.) That part of the spar deck of a vessel on each side of the booms, from the quarter-deck to the forecastle; -- more properly termed the waist..
Razee :: Razee (v. t.) To cut down to a less number of decks, and thus to an inferior rate or class, as a ship; hence, to prune or abridge by cutting off or retrenching parts; as, to razee a book, or an article..
Garland :: Garland (v. t.) To deck with a garland.
Sheer :: Sheer (n.) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side..
Galleon :: Galleon (n.) A sailing vessel of the 15th and following centuries, often having three or four decks, and used for war or commerce. The term is often rather indiscriminately applied to any large sailing vessel..
Daub :: Daub (v. t.) To put on without taste; to deck gaudily.
Drop :: Drop (n.) A machine for lowering heavy weights, as packages, coal wagons, etc., to a ship's deck..
Decked :: Decked (imp. & p. p.) of Dec.
Waistcloth :: Waistcloth (n.) A covering of canvas or tarpaulin for the hammocks, stowed on the nettings, between the quarterdeck and the forecastle..
Undeck :: Undeck (v. t.) To divest of ornaments.
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