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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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DEEP-WAISTEDDEEP-WAISTED, (encastillé, Fr.) the distinguishing fabric of a ship's decks, when the quarter-deck and fore-castle are elevated from four to six feet above the level of the upper-deck, so as to leave a vacant space, called the waist, on the middle of the upper-deck. See the article WAIST.
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