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Befrill :: Befrill (v. t.) To furnish or deck with a frill.

Xebec :: Xebec (n.) A small three-masted vessel, with projecting bow stern and convex decks, used in the Mediterranean for transporting merchandise, etc. It carries large square sails, or both. Xebecs were formerly armed and used by corsairs..

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..

Dress :: Dress (v. t.) To put in proper condition by appareling, as the body; to put clothes upon; to apparel; to invest with garments or rich decorations; to clothe; to deck..

Roundhouse :: Roundhouse (n.) A cabin or apartament on the after part of the quarter-deck, having the poop for its roof; -- sometimes called the coach..

Shallow-waisted :: Shallow-waisted (a.) Having a flush deck, or with only a moderate depression amidships; -- said of a vessel..

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

Cubbridge-head :: Cubbridge-head (n.) A bulkhead on the forecastle and half deck of a ship.

Partner :: Partner (n.) A framework of heavy timber surrounding an opening in a deck, to strengthen it for the support of a mast, pump, capstan, or the like..

Ornament :: Ornament (v. t.) To adorn; to deck; to embellish; to beautify; as, to ornament a room, or a city..

Controller :: Controller (n.) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged..

Forecastle :: Forecastle (n.) A short upper deck forward, formerly raised like a castle, to command an enemy's decks..

Hulk :: Hulk (n.) The body of a ship or decked vessel of any kind; esp., the body of an old vessel laid by as unfit for service..

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

Break :: Break (v. t.) An interruption of continuity; change of direction; as, a break in a wall; a break in the deck of a ship..

Deck :: Deck (v.) The roof of a passenger car.

Bear :: Bear (n.) A block covered with coarse matting; -- used to scour the deck.

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..

Undecked :: Undecked (a.) Not decked; unadorned.

Cross-spall :: Cross-spall (n.) One of the temporary wooden braces, placed horizontally across a frame to hold it in position until the deck beams are in; a cross-pawl..

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