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Transportation
Any mode or method of locomotion that serves to move people, goods or services from one location to another.
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studding-sails
Transportation; Nautical
long and narrow sails, used only in fine weather, on the outside of the large square sails.
swigging
Transportation; Nautical
to take up the last bit of slack on a line such as a halyard, anchor line or dockline by taking a single turn round a cleat and alternately heaving on the rope above and below the ...
swinging the compass
Transportation; Nautical
measuring the accuracy in a ship's magnetic compass so its readings can be adjusted – often by turning the ship and taking bearings on reference points.
swinging the lamp
Transportation; Nautical
telling sea stories. Referring to lamps slung from the deckhead which swing while at sea. Often used to indicate that the story teller is exaggerating.
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