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Three-decker :: Three-decker (n.) A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.

Beautify :: Beautify (v. t.) To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish.

Forecastle :: Forecastle (n.) In merchant vessels, the forward part of the vessel, under the deck, where the sailors live..

Daub :: Daub (v. t.) To put on without taste; to deck gaudily.

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..

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

Bulkhead :: Bulkhead (n.) A partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on the same deck..

Bedeck :: Bedeck (v. t.) To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace..

Cant :: Cant (n.) A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.

Stanchion :: Stanchion (n.) Any upright post or beam used as a support, as for the deck, the quarter rails, awnings, etc..

Harness Cask :: Harness cask () A tub lashed to a vessel's deck and containing salted provisions for daily use; -- called also harness tub.

Bedecked :: Bedecked (imp. & p. p.) of Bedec.

Hatchway :: Hatchway (n.) A square or oblong opening in a deck or floor, affording passage from one deck or story to another; the entrance to a cellar..

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..

Crown :: Crown (n.) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line..

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

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

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..

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..

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