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Steeve :: Steeve (n.) The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel; -- called also steeving..

Keel :: Keel (n.) A projecting ridge along the middle of a flat or curved surface.

Unicarinated :: Unicarinated (a.) Having one ridge or keel.

Coble :: Coble (n.) A flat-floored fishing boat with a lug sail, and a drop rudder extending from two to four feet below the keel. It was originally used on the stormy coast of Yorkshire, England..

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

Gripe :: Gripe (n.) The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.

Forefoot :: Forefoot (n.) A piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end, connecting it with the lower end of the stem..

Men :: men (pl. ) of Keelma.

Square :: Square (n.) To place at right angles with the keel; as, to square the yards..

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

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

Cutter :: Cutter (n.) A fast sailing vessel with one mast, rigged in most essentials like a sloop. A cutter is narrower end deeper than a sloop of the same length, and depends for stability on a deep keel, often heavily weighted with lead..

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..

Back :: Back (n.) The keel and keelson of a ship.

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

Garboard :: Garboard (n.) One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a garboard strake..

Sterna :: Sternson (n.) The end of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted; -- called also stern knee..

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..

Keeled :: Keeled (a.) Keel-shaped; having a longitudinal prominence on the back; as, a keeled leaf..

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..

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