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Naval architecture
The engineering science dealing with the design, construction, maintenance and operation of marine vessels and structures.
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erect
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
To hoist into place and bolt up on the ways fabricated parts of a ship's hull, preparatory to fitting and welding.
roll
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
To impart cylindrical curvature to a plate. Also the transverse angular motion of the ship in waves.
fabricate
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
To process hull material in the shops prior to assembly or erection. In hull work, fabrication consists of shearing, shaping, scarfing, rabbeting and beveling.
fair
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
To smooth or fair up a ship's lines; eliminating irregularities; also to assemble the parts of a ship so that they will be fair, i.e., without kinks, bumps, or waves.
head
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Toilet; believed to be derived from "ship's head," when a small platform outside the bulwarks near the bow was the only semblance of sanitary facilities.
