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Boat
Dealing with relatively small, usually open, waterbound craft.
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three sheets to the wind
Boat; General boating
On a three-masted ship, having the sheets of the three lower courses loose will result in the ship meandering aimlessly downwind. Also, a sailor who has drunk strong spirits ...
junk
Boat; General boating
Old cordage past its useful service life as lines aboard ship. The strands of old junk were teased apart in the process called picking oakum.
idlers
Boat; General boating
Members of a ship's company not required to serve watches. These were in general specialist tradesmen such as the carpenter and the sailmaker.
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