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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


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Half-DECK

Half-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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