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Skid :: Skid (n.) Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo.

Gurgoyle :: Gurgoyle (n.) See Gargoyle.

Stevedore :: Steve (v. t.) To pack or stow, as cargo in a ship's hold. See Steeve..

Dunnage :: Dunnage (n.) Fagots, boughs, or loose materials of any kind, laid on the bottom of the hold for the cargo to rest upon to prevent injury by water, or stowed among casks and other cargo to prevent their motion..

Cant :: Cant (v. i.) To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning..

Imbargo :: Imbargo (n.) See Embargo.

Argive :: Argive (n.) A native of Argos. Often used as a generic term, equivalent to Grecian or Greek..

Hypothecation :: Hypothecation (n.) A contract whereby, in consideration of money advanced for the necessities of the ship, the vessel, freight, or cargo is made liable for its repayment, provided the ship arrives in safety. It is usually effected by a bottomry bond. See Bottomry..

Argosies :: Argosies (pl. ) of Argos.

Burden :: Burden (n.) The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden..

Damageable :: Damageable (a.) Capable of being injured or impaired; liable to, or susceptible of, damage; as, a damageable cargo..

Hectocotylus :: Hectocotylus (n.) One of the arms of the male of most kinds of cephalopods, which is specially modified in various ways to effect the fertilization of the eggs. In a special sense, the greatly modified arm of Argonauta and allied genera, which, after receiving the spermatophores, becomes detached from the male, and attaches itself to the female for reproductive purposes..

Jargonelle :: Jargonelle (n.) A variety of pear which ripens early.

Argolic :: Argolic (a.) Pertaining to Argolis, a district in the Peloponnesus..

Argol :: Argol (n.) Crude tartar; an acidulous salt from which cream of tartar is prepared. It exists in the juice of grapes, and is deposited from wines on the sides of the casks..

Zircon :: Zircon (n.) A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or gray color. It consists of silica and zirconia. A red variety, used as a gem, is called hyacinth. Colorless, pale-yellow or smoky-brown varieties from Ceylon are called jargon..

Inboard :: Inboard (a. & adv.) Inside the line of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; the opposite of outboard; as, an inboard cargo; haul the boom inboard..

Jargonic :: Jargonic (a.) Of or pertaining to the mineral jargon.

Unload :: Unload (v. t.) To take the load from; to discharge of a load or cargo; to disburden; as, to unload a ship; to unload a beast..

Slang :: Slang (n.) Low, vulgar, unauthorized language; a popular but unauthorized word, phrase, or mode of expression; also, the jargon of some particular calling or class in society; low popular cant; as, the slang of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc..

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