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D DAM to DEAD-WORK DAM DAVIT DAYS-WORK DEAD-EYE DEAD-LIGHTS DEAD-RECKONING DEAD-RISING, or RISING-LINE of the floor DEAD-WATER DEAD-WOOD DEAD-WORK DECKS to DEPTH of a sail DETACHMENT of a fleet or squadro to DOCK-YARDS DOG to DOWN-HAUL-TACKLE To DOWSE to DRIVING DROP to DUNNAGE Search Contact us
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DAYS-WORKDAY'S-WORK, (cinglage, Fr.) the reckoning or account of the ship's course, during twenty-four hours, or between noon and noon, according to the rules of trigonometry. See DEAD-RECKONING.
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