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AFT Astern (naut)
KNOT Speed (naut)
BUOY Anchored float (naut)
BUOYS Anchored floats (naut)
AVAST Hold fast (naut)
SPRIT Spar set diagonally (naut)
ALES On the sheltered side (naut)
ALEE On the sheltered side (naut)
LEAST Hole astern contains what’s said to be soonest mended
STERN Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits.
STERNMOST Farthest in the rear; farthest astern; as, the sternmost ship in a convoy.
CAT-HOLE One of two small holes astern, above the gunroom ports, through which hawsers may be passed.
FINE To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually.
ENLARGE To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; -- said of the wind.
ASTERN In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern.
QUARTERING Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; -- said of waves or any moving object.
RECTIFIER Specifically: (a) (Naut.) An instrument used for determining and rectifying the variations of the compass on board ship. (b) (Chem.) A rectificator.
CREW In an extended sense, any small body of men associated for a purpose; a gang; as (Naut.), the carpenter's crew; the boatswain's crew.
UNDERRUN To run or pass under; especially (Naut.), to pass along and under, as a cable, for the purpose of taking it in, or of examining it.
DRIFT To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east.
WAIST Hence, the middle part of other bodies; especially (Naut.), that part of a vessel's deck, bulwarks, etc., which is between the quarter-deck and the forecastle; the middle part of the ship.
BREASTBAND A band for the breast. Specifically: (Naut.) A band of canvas, or a rope, fastened at both ends to the rigging, to support the man who heaves the lead in sounding.
RIGGING DRess; tackle; especially (Naut.), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc. See Illustr. of Ship and Sails.
AWASH Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it.
FAST That which fastens or holds; especially, (Naut.) a mooring rope, hawser, or chain; -- called, according to its position, a bow, head, quarter, ...
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