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Sempster :: Sempster (n.) A seamster.

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..

Prick :: Prick (n.) To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail..

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

Asbestos :: Asbestos (n.) A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a similar variety of serpentine..

Unstitch :: Unstitch (v. t.) To open by picking out stitches; to take out, or undo, the stitches of; as, to unstitch a seam..

Mariner :: Mariner (n.) One whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; a seaman or sailor.

Fell :: Fell (n.) A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses..

Suture :: Suture (n.) The line of union, or seam, in an immovable articulation, like those between the bones of the skull; also, such an articulation itself; synarthrosis. See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic..

Seam :: Seam (n.) Hence, a line of junction; a joint; a suture, as on a ship, a floor, or other structure; the line of union, or joint, of two boards, planks, metal plates, etc..

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

Seaming :: Seaming (n.) The act or process of forming a seam or joint.

Fresh-water :: Fresh-water (a.) Accustomed to sail on fresh water only; unskilled as a seaman; as, a fresh-water sailor..

Blower :: Blower (n.) The whale; -- so called by seamen, from the circumstance of its spouting up a column of water..

Seaman :: Seaman (n.) One whose occupation is to assist in the management of ships at sea; a mariner; a sailor; -- applied both to officers and common mariners, but especially to the latter. Opposed to landman, or landsman..

Holystone :: Holystone (n.) A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships.

Finedraw :: Finedraw (v. t.) To sew up, so nicely that the seam is not perceived; to renter..

Suture :: Suture (n.) The line, or seam, formed by the union of two margins in any part of a plant; as, the ventral suture of a legume..

Sea Language :: Sea language () The peculiar language or phraseology of seamen; sailor's cant.

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

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