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C CABIN to To CALK, or CAULK CALL to CANNON CANNON to CANOE CANOE to To rig the CAPSTERN Surge the CAPSTERN to CARPENTER of a ship CARTEL to CATS-PAW CAULKING to CHANNEL CHANNELS to CHEARLY CHEEKS of the mast to CLINCH CLINCHER-WORK to COASTING-PILOT COAT to COLLIERS COLOURS to COMPASS COMPASSING to COVE COMPASSING COMPLEMENT COMPTROLER of the navy CONVOY CORDAGE CORPORAL of a ship of war CORPOSANT CORSAIR COTT COVE COUNTER to CRAWL CREEPER to CROW-FOOT CROWNING to CUT-WATER Search Contact us
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COMPASSING to COVECOMPASSINGCOMPASSING, (devers, Fr.) a name given by shipwrights to such pieces of timber as are incurvated into the figure of an arch,whether circular, elliptical, or otherwise.
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