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Nautical
of or relating to boats, sailing, maritime topics
Industry: Transportation
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overfalls
Transportation; Nautical
dangerously steep and breaking seas due to opposing currents and wind in a shallow area, or strong currents over a shallow rocky bottom.
overhaul
Transportation; Nautical
hauling the buntline ropes over the sails to prevent them from chaffing.
over the barrel
Transportation; Nautical
adult sailors were flogged on the back or shoulders while tied to a grating, but boys were beaten instead on the posterior (often bared), with a cane or cat, while bending, often tied down, over the ...
ox-eye
Transportation; Nautical
a cloud or other weather phenomenon that may be indicative of an upcoming storm.
panting
Transportation; Nautical
the pulsation in and out of the bow and stern plating as the ship alternately rises and plunges deep into the water