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Trim :: Trim (v. t.) Fitly adjusted; being in good order., or made ready for service or use; firm; compact; snug; neat; fair; as, the ship is trim, or trim built; everything about the man is trim; a person is trim when his body is well shaped and firm; his dress is trim when it fits closely to his body, and appears tight and snug; a man or a soldier is trim when he stands erect..

Bridewell :: Bridewell (n.) A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse..

Teocalli :: Teocalli (n.) Literally, God's house; a temple, usually of pyramidal form, such as were built by the aborigines of Mexico, Yucatan, etc..

Cockpit :: Cockpit (n.) The Privy Council room at Westminster; -- so called because built on the site of the cockpit of Whitehall palace.

Chimney-breast :: Chimney-breast (n.) The horizontal projection of a chimney from the wall in which it is built; -- commonly applied to its projection in the inside of a building only.

Carrol :: Carrol (n.) A small closet or inclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study. The word was used as late as the 16th century..

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

Groined :: Groined (a.) Built with groins; as, a groined ceiling; a groined vault..

Clinker-built :: Clinker-built (a.) Having the side planks (af a boat) so arranged that the lower edge of each overlaps the upper edge of the plank next below it like clapboards on a house. See Lapstreak.

Erection :: Erection (n.) The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes..

Flitch :: Flitch (n.) One of several planks, smaller timbers, or iron plates, which are secured together, side by side, to make a large girder or built beam..

Cobwork :: Cobwork (a.) Built of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, as in a log house; in marine work, often surrounding a central space filled with stones; as, a cobwork dock or breakwater..

Unimproved :: Unimproved (a.) Not tilled, cultivated, or built upon; yielding no revenue; as, unimproved land or soil..

Built :: Built (imp. & p. p.) of Buil.

Deadwood :: Deadwood (n.) A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity.

Clipper :: Clipper (n.) A vessel with a sharp bow, built and rigged for fast sailing..

Casemated :: Casemated (a.) Furnished with, protected by, or built like, a casemate..

Superficiary :: Superficiary (n.) One to whom a right of surface occupation is granted; one who pays quitrent for a house built upon another man's ground.

Shipyard :: Shipyard (n.) A yard, place, or inclosure where ships are built or repaired..

Slip :: Slip (n.) An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair..

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