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D DAM to DEAD-WORK DECKS to DEPTH of a sail DECKS Flush-DECK, or Deck-Flush fore and aft Half-DECK DECOY DEEP-WAISTED DEMURRAGE DEPARTURE 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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Half-DECKHalf-DECK, (corps de garde, Fr.) a space under the quarter-deck of a ship of war, contained between the foremost bulk-head of the steerage, and the fore-part of the quarter-deck.In the colliers of Northumberland the steerage itself is called the half-deck, and is usually the habitation of the ship's crew.
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