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1. ap(p)areil n.

Additional spellings: appareil
60 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.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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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. bollard n.

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

9. bonet n.

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

10. bou(e-līne n.

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

11. 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. …

12. 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……

13. 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. …

14. calfatēr n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. Workman who calks ships. …

15. calfat-ern n.

Additional spellings: calfatern
1 quotation in 1 sense
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Naut. A calking iron. …

16. calfat-nail n.

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

17. 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. …

18. 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]. …

19. claspe n.

25 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A metal clasp, holdfast, hasp; the hinged strap of a hasp; also fig.; (b) a clasp for the covers of a book; (c) a clasp for armor or clothing, brooch, buckle. …

20. colẹ̄r n.

61 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) An ornamental border at the neck of a garment, a collar; coler hem, the hem at the neck of a garment or its collar; (b) a cape or wrap worn over the shoulders. …

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