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Shipbuilding
The design, construction and maintenance of both commercial and military ships and floating vessels in shipyards or other marine facilities.
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hoist
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
To raise or elevate by manpower or by the employment of mechanical appliances; any device employed for lifting weights.
unship
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
To remove anything from its accustomed or stowage place; to take apart.
overhaul
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
To repair or put in proper condition for operation; to overtake or close up the distance between one ship and another ship moving in the same direction.
peen
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
To round off or shape an object, smoothing out burrs and rough edges.
fair up
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
To so draw the lines of a vessel that the defined surfaces will show no irregularities throughout their entire extent. To line up the frames of a vessel under construction to ...
set up
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
To tighten the nut on a bolt or stud; to bring the shrouds of a mast to a uniform and proper tension by adjusting the rigging screws or the lanyards through the dead eyes.
