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Waister :: Waister (n.) A seaman, usually a green hand or a broken-down man, stationed in the waist of a vessel of war..

Duff :: Duff (n.) A stiff flour pudding, boiled in a bag; -- a term used especially by seamen; as, plum duff..

Rate :: Rate (v. t.) To settle the relative scale, rank, position, amount, value, or quality of; as, to rate a ship; to rate a seaman; to rate a pension..

Seam :: Seam (v. t.) To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.

Run :: Run (v. i.) To sew, as a seam, by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time..

Start :: Start (v. i.) To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure..

Instop :: Instop (v. t.) To stop; to close; to make fast; as, to instop the seams..

Chinse :: Chinse (v. t. & i.) To thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel , the point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly..

Seaming :: Seaming (n.) The cord or rope at the margin of a seine, to which the meshes of the net are attached..

Seam :: Seam (v. t.) To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting..

Burgoo :: Burgoo (n.) A kind of oatmeal pudding, or thick gruel, used by seamen..

Sailing :: Sailing (n.) The art of managing a vessel; seamanship; navigation; as, globular sailing; oblique sailing..

Rescue :: Rescue (v. t.) To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction..

Calk :: Calk (v. t.) To drive tarred oakum into the seams between the planks of (a ship, boat, etc.), to prevent leaking. The calking is completed by smearing the seams with melted pitch..

Needlewoman :: Needlewoman (n.) A woman who does needlework; a seamstress.

Seam :: Seam (n.) A denomination of weight or measure.

Needlework :: Needlework (n.) Work executed with a needle; sewed work; sewing; embroidery; also, the business of a seamstress..

Parting :: Parting (n.) A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam..

Suture :: Suture (n.) A line resembling a seam; as, the dorsal suture of a legume, which really corresponds to a midrib..

Arrhaphostic :: Arrhaphostic (a.) Seamless.

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