Hatchway

  • 21hatchway — An opening through the deck of a vessel to a lower deck or the hold. An opening through a sidewalk over an areaway. 25 Am J1st High § 263. Not a stairway or basement way. State v Armstrong, 97 Neb 343, 350, 149 NW 786. See hatch …

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  • 22hatchway — n. an opening in a ship s deck for lowering cargo into the hold …

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  • 23Narrowboat — Modern narrowboats for leisure cruising, Bugsworth Basin, Buxworth, Derbyshire, England A narrowboat or narrow boat is a boat of a distinctive design, made to fit the narrow canals of Great Britain. In the context of British Inland Waterways,… …

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  • 24Litmus (Battlestar Galactica) — Infobox Television episode Title = Litmus Caption = Adama terminates the inquiry Series = Battlestar Galactica Season = 1 Episode = 6 Airdate = UK: November 22, 2004 US: February 11, 2005 Production = 106 Writer = Jeff Vlaming Director = Rod… …

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  • 25ship — shipless, adj. shiplessly, adv. /ship/, n., v., shipped, shipping. n. 1. a vessel, esp. a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines. 2. Naut. a. a sailing vessel square rigged on all of three or more masts, having jibs, staysails, and a… …

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  • 26hatch — hatch1 [hach] vt. [ME hacchen, akin to Ger hecken, to breed & OE hagan, the genitals < ? IE base * k̑ak , to be able, help > Sans s̍aknṓti, (he) can] 1. a) to bring forth (young) from an egg or eggs by applying warmth b) to bring forth… …

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  • 27Armed ship — Ship Ship, n. [OE. ship, schip, AS. scip; akin to OFries. skip, OS. scip, D. schip, G. schiff, OHG. scif, Dan. skib, Sw. skeep, Icel. & Goth. skip; of unknown origin. Cf. {Equip}, {Skiff}, {Skipper}.] 1. Any large seagoing vessel. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 28Coamings — Coam ings, n. pl. [Cf. {Comb} a crest.] (Naut.) Raised pieces of wood of iron around a hatchway, skylight, or other opening in the deck, to prevent water from running bellow; esp. the fore and aft pieces of a hatchway frame as distinguished from… …

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  • 29combings — Coamings Coam ings, n. pl. [Cf. {Comb} a crest.] (Naut.) Raised pieces of wood of iron around a hatchway, skylight, or other opening in the deck, to prevent water from running bellow; esp. the fore and aft pieces of a hatchway frame as… …

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  • 30General ship — Ship Ship, n. [OE. ship, schip, AS. scip; akin to OFries. skip, OS. scip, D. schip, G. schiff, OHG. scif, Dan. skib, Sw. skeep, Icel. & Goth. skip; of unknown origin. Cf. {Equip}, {Skiff}, {Skipper}.] 1. Any large seagoing vessel. [1913 Webster]… …

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