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1. ap(p)areil n.

Additional spellings: appareil
59 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Furnishings, trappings, accoutrements (as of a household, a room, an altar, etc.); a piece of such; magnificence or extravagance; (b) naut. equipment belonging to a boat; rigging; also, the crew…

2. bak n.

156 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) The back of the body of man or beast; (b) bak and beli (brest, side, etc.); (c) the rear end.

3. bēre-wāle n.

Additional spellings: berewale
1 quotation in 1 sense
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Naut. A wale or gunwale of a ship.

4. bī̆nd(e n.

Additional spellings: binde
12 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A rod or stake (for 'binding' the withes in wattle; = binding ger., sense 1b.(c)); (b) naut. a plank nailed to the outer side of a ship providing structural integrity as well as acting as a…

5. bir(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: bire
45 quotations in 5 senses
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Naut. A wind or breeze, esp. one favorable for sailing; haven bir at the bak, have a tail wind; abiden the bir, await favorable wind (i.e. circumstances).

6. birth n.

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Naut. Bearing away or off, clearance, berth.

7. bitakil n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. The housing of the ship's compass, binnacle.

8. bọ̄ing ger.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. Planking used to increase the height of the gunwale; -- pl. only.

9. bollard n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Naut. A post or bitt.

10. bonet n.

21 quotations in 2 senses
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A kind of cap or bonnet worn by men and women; bonet cap.

11. bou(e-līne n.

Additional spellings: bouline, boue-line, boueline
10 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. Bowline.

12. bou-sprẹ̄t(e, bǒu(e)sprẹ̄t(e n.

Additional spellings: bouspret, bou-sprete, bousprete, bouesprete, bouspret, bouespret, bousprete
15 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. Bowsprit.

13. brail n.

17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Naut. One of the ropes fastened to the edge of a sail for haling up its bunt in furling; brail rop; brail puli, the pulley through which such a rope runs; (b) the belly or rump of an animal; brail

14. butte n.(4)

10 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The end of a spear or pike opposite the head, butt; (b) naut.?the end of a plank in a ship's side; ?also, one of the planks.

15. calfatēr n.

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Naut. Workman who calks ships.

16. calfat-ern n.

Additional spellings: calfatern
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Naut. A calking iron.

17. calfating ger.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. Calking (of a ship).

18. calfat-nail n.

Additional spellings: calfatnail
3 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. A nail used in calking.

19. capstan n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. A device for hauling up the anchor, etc.; capstan bar, capstan spoke, a capstan bar.

20. ches-treu n.

Additional spellings: chestreu
3 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. One of two small pieces of timber, perforated to receive the tack of a sail [see quot. 1625 below and quot. 1769 in OD under chesstree].