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Crop :: Crop (n.) Outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface.

Ravehook :: Ravehook (n.) A tool, hooked at the end, for enlarging or clearing seams for the reception of oakum..

Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) A soft, elastic, very durable cap, made of thick, seamless woolen stuff, and worn by men in Scotland..

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..

Corniferous :: Corniferous (a.) Of or pertaining to the lowest period of the Devonian age. (See the Diagram, under Geology.) The Corniferous period has been so called from the numerous seams of hornstone which characterize the later part of the period, as developed in the State of New York..

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

Oakum :: Oakum (n.) The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc..

Shepster :: Shepster (n.) A seamstress.

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

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 make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice..

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..

Carvelbuilt :: Carvelbuilt (a.) Having the planks meet flush at the seams, instead of lapping as in a clinker-built vessel..

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

Thrum :: Thrum (n.) A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.

Stretcher :: Stretch (n.) Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal..

Stitchery :: Stitcher (n.) One who stitches; a seamstress.

Ship :: Ship (v. t.) To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen..

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

Landlubber :: Landlubber (n.) One who passes his life on land; -- so called among seamen in contempt or ridicule.

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