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1. A vessel's lateral motion from side to side.
2. (v) To hoist: "Sway up my dunnage".
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1. An angle in the hull.
2. A line formed where the sides of a boat meet the bottom. Soft chine is when the two sides join at a shallow angle, and hard chine is when they join at a steep angle.
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1. A spar, similar to a bowsprit, but which projects from the stern. May be used to attach the backstay or mizzen sheets.
2. An iron bar (projecting out-board from a ship's side) to which the lower and topsail brace blocks are sometimes hooked.
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1. A storm from the south west.
2. A type of waterproof hat with a wide brim over the neck, worn in storms.
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1. A smooth curve, usually referring to a line of the hull which has no deviations.
2. To make something flush.
3. A rope is fair when it has a clear run.
4. A wind or current is fair when it offers an advantage to a boat.
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1. A small vessel used as a tender to larger vessels.
2. A small "race built" galleon, squared rigged with either two or three masts.
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1. A sailor. Also jack tar or just tar.
2. A flag. Typically the flag was talked about as if it were a member of the crew. Strictly speaking, a flag is only a "jack" if it is worn at the jackstaff at the bow of a ship.
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1. A method of preparing an anchor for tripping by attaching an anchor cable to the crown and fixing to the ring by a light seizing (also known as becue). The seizing can be broken if the anchor becomes fouled.
2. A type of clinker dinghy, characteristically beamy and slow.
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1. A leg of the route of a sailing vessel, particularly in relation to tacking (qv) and to starboard tack and port tack (also qv).
2. Hard tack: qv.
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1. A fore-and-aft structural member of the hull fitted over the keel to provide a fixing for the garboard planks.
2. A rough flat scrubbing brush for cleaning a ship’s bottom under water.
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