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Squared :: Square (a.) At right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; -- said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced..

Water Line :: Water line () Any one of several lines marked upon the outside of a vessel, corresponding with the surface of the water when she is afloat on an even keel. The lowest line indicates the vessel's proper submergence when not loaded, and is called the light water line; the highest, called the load water line, indicates her proper submergence when loaded..

Men :: men (pl. ) of Keelma.

Careen :: Careen (v. i.) To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel..

Multicarinate :: Multicarinate (a.) Many-keeled.

Keelman :: Keelman (n.) See Keeler, 1..

Sole :: Sole (n.) A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel..

Keeling :: Keeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kee.

Gonys :: Gonys (n.) The keel or lower outline of a bird's bill, so far as the mandibular rami are united..

Keel :: Keel (n.) A barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt..

Keelrake :: Keelrake (v. t.) Same as Keelhaul.

Keel :: Keel (v. i.) To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.

Apron :: Apron (n.) A piece of carved timber, just above the foremost end of the keel..

Skeelgoose :: Skeelgoose (n.) The common European sheldrake.

Keeling :: Keeling (n.) A cod.

Timber :: Timber (n.) A rib, or a curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. One timber is composed of several pieces united..

Keelhauling :: Keelhauling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Keelhau.

Junk :: "Junk (n.) A large vessel, without keel or prominent stem, and with huge masts in one piece, used by the Chinese, Japanese, Siamese, Malays, etc., in navigating their waters..

Careen :: Careen (v. t.) To cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on one side, leaving the other side out of water and accessible for repairs below the water line; to case to be off the keel..

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..

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