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Footmanship :: Footmanship (n.) Art or skill of a footman.

Prelateship :: Prelateship (n.) The office of a prelate.

Overboard :: Overboard (adv.) Over the side of a ship; hence, from on board of a ship, into the water; as, to fall overboard..

Psalm :: Psalm (n.) Especially, one of the hymns by David and others, collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of such a hymn for public worship..

Insure :: Insure (v. t.) Specifically, to secure against a loss by a contingent event, on certain stipulated conditions, or at a given rate or premium; to give or to take an insurance on or for; as, a merchant insures his ship or its cargo, or both, against the dangers of the sea; goods and buildings are insured against fire or water; persons are insured against sickness, accident, or death; and sometimes hazardous debts are insured..

Centreboard :: Centreboard (n.) A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States.

Weatherly :: Weatherly (a.) Working, or able to sail, close to the wind; as, a weatherly ship..

Saucer :: Saucer (n.) A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships..

Shiff :: Shiff (v. i.) To slip to one side of a ship, so as to destroy the equilibrum; -- said of ballast or cargo; as, the cargo shifted..

Stead :: Stayship (n.) A remora, -- fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them..

Penmanship :: Penmanship (n.) The use of the pen in writing; the art of writing; style or manner of writing; chirography; as, good or bad penmanship..

Unworship :: Unworship (n.) Lack of worship or respect; dishonor.

Berth :: Berth (n.) The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf..

Sagging :: Sagging (n.) A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, in consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. Hogging..

Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To dismantle; as, to strip a ship of rigging, spars, etc..

Predy :: Predy (a.) Cleared and ready for engagement, as a ship..

Port :: Port (v.) A place where ships may ride secure from storms; a sheltered inlet, bay, or cove; a harbor; a haven. Used also figuratively..

Curship :: Curship (n.) The state of being a cur; one who is currish.

Kotow :: Kotow (n.) The prostration made by mandarins and others to their superiors, either as homage or worship, by knocking the forehead on the ground. There are degrees in the rite, the highest being expressed by three knockings..

Lurch :: Lurch (v. i.) To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man..

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