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1. calfat-ern n.

Additional spellings: calfatern
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Naut. A calking iron.

2. ches-treu n.

Additional spellings: chestreu
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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].

3. frap n.

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Naut. A rope of some kind; frap-line.

4. kippe-họ̄k n.

Additional spellings: kippehok
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Naut. A hook let into the stem or stern post of a ship; ?error for pik-hok, cp. kippe-wrong.

5. lē̆r n.

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The cheek; in pl.: the face; loken under ler, to look down over (one's) cheek, look downward.

6. rō-bō̆nd n.

Additional spellings: robond
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Naut. A rope attaching the head of a sail to the yard.

7. seisī̆n(e n.

Additional spellings: seisine
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Law: (a) Seizin, possession in freehold, freq. indicated or established by actual or physical possession; also, the right to something [quot.: c1436, 2nd]; also, the ceremony at which seizin is…

8. shaltrẹ̄ n.

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Naut. Some kind of pole or spar.

9. shelt-bēm n.

Additional spellings: sheltbem
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Naut. Some sort of beam, evidently slabbed; shelt-bem nail.

10. talǒun n.

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(a) The heel of a person's foot; (b) the hind part of the foot or hoof of an animal; (c) the hind part of an animal's footprint.

11. tei(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: teie
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(a) A rope, cord, or chain;—also coll.; (b) naut. a rope for hoisting or securing the sail and yard on a ship; (c) confinement, restraint; tei dogge, a chained watchdog; ben in strong tei, to be tied…

12. trusser n.

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Naut. A rope, line, cord, etc. serving as part of a ship's rigging.

13. underlǒute n.(2)

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Naut. The lowest part of the stem of a ship fastened or joined to the keel.

14. verling-līn n.

Additional spellings: verlinglin
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Naut. A kind of rope, prob. used to furl sails, a furling-line.

15. vīring-rōp n.

Additional spellings: viringrop
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Naut. Some kind of rope used aboard a sailing vessel, ?a warp rope.

16. wē̆t n.

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(a) Water as a naturally occurring substance; water as a medium for preparing recipes, soaking, etc.; also, a fluid with properties similar to those of water (b) a naturally occurring body of water,…

17. wẹ̄veling n.

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Naut. A piece of caulking material placed between the lapstrakes while the ship is under construction;—also coll.

18. wīnd(e n.

Additional spellings: winde
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(a) An apparatus for hoisting or hauling, a winch, windlass [cp. windas n.]; naut. middel wind, ?a central garnet used in brailing up the sail (b) a wooden reel from which a hank or thread of yarn…