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Stem-winder :: Stemson (n.) A piece of curved timber bolted to the stem, keelson, and apron in a ship's frame near the bow..

Sternsman :: Sternpost (n.) A straight piece of timber, or an iron bar or beam, erected on the extremity of the keel to support the rudder, and receive the ends of the planks or plates of the vessel..

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

Keelfat :: Keelfat (n.) A cooler; a vat for cooling wort, etc..

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

Keel :: Keel (n.) A brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.

Carina :: Carina (n.) A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.

Skeelduck :: Skeelduck (n.) Alt. of Skeelgoos.

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..

Skeel :: Skeel (n.) A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.

Floor :: Floor (n.) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.

Keel :: Keel (n.) A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the bottom of a vessel. It is the principal timber of the vessel, and, by means of the ribs attached on each side, supports the vessel's frame. In an iron vessel, a combination of plates supplies the place of the keel of a wooden ship. See Illust. of Keelson..

Lophosteon :: Lophosteon (n.) The central keel-bearing part of the sternum in birds.

Step :: Step (v. i.) In general, a framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast..

Steeve :: Steeve (v. i.) To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; -- said of the bowsprit, etc..

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..

Rockered :: Rockered (a.) Shaped like a rocker; curved; as, a rockered keel..

Keelson :: Keelson (n.) A piece of timber in a ship laid on the middle of the floor timbers over the keel, and binding the floor timbers to the keel; in iron vessels, a structure of plates, situated like the keelson of a timber ship..

Water Line :: Water line () Any one of certain lines of a vessel, model, or plan, parallel with the surface of the water at various heights from the keel..

Bicarinate :: Bicarinate (a.) Having two keel-like projections, as the upper palea of grasses..

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