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Q QUADRANT to QUARTER-MASTER QUARTER-NETTING to QUOIN QUARTER-NETTING QUARTER-RAILS QUARTER-WIND QUARTERS QUARTERS! QUICK-SAND QUICK-WORK QUILTING QUOIN Search Contact us
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QUICK-WORKQUICK-WORK, (oeuvres-vives, Fr.) a general name given to all that part of a ship which is under the surface of the water when she is laden fit for a sea-voyage. it is also applied, occasionally, to that part of the side which is above the sheer-rail, and which is usually painted with trophies, &c. on the outside.
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