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

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..

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

Dizen :: Dizen (v. t.) To dress gaudily; to overdress; to bedizen; to deck out.

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..

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.

Half-deck :: Half-deck (n.) See Half deck, under Deck..

Betrim :: Betrim (v. t.) To set in order; to adorn; to deck, to embellish; to trim..

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

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..

Decking :: Decking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dec.

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

Rider :: Rider (n.) An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen her frame..

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

Dousing-chock :: Dousing-chock (n.) One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in the knightheads, or inside planking above the upper deck..

Spurred :: Spurn-water (n.) A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water.

Beseen :: Beseen (a.) Decked or adorned; clad.

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..

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

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

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