An Introductory Outline of the Practice of Ship-building, &c. &c |
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14 inches abaft aft side anchor barrel bitts boats body bottom bowsprit breadth brought bulkheads called cant capstan carlings caulked chock circular coaks clamps class of ships clenched Danish deadwood deck ships distance driven Dutch extend exterior fastened feet fixed flat floor fore side fore-and-aft forecastle form an abutment formerly French frigates futtocks garboard German gun deck gunwale hatchways head height holes hook inches inches in thickness inclined inner post interior planking iron Italian keel keelson length likewise longitudinal lower deck lower edge lower end mast middle midship moulding nails oakum orlop beams outer placed plate ports Portuguese prevent proa quarter-deck rabbet rail riders scarph score sheer strakes shelf Spanish spirketting square stem stern post surface Swedish taffrail tenon thick strakes three deck ships timbers top and butt Top-mast treenails upper deck upper edge upper end verga vertical vessels waterway welps wing transom wood