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R RABBET to RAISING a purchase RABBET RACK RACKING RAFT RAFT-PORT RAG-BOLT RAILS RAILS of the head To RAISE RAISING a purchase RAKE to RATES RATES to To REEVE RECKONING to RHOMB-LINE RIBBANDS to RIGGING-OUT a boom RIGHTING to ROBANDS, or ROPE BANDS ROGUES-YARN to ROUND-HOUSE ROUNDING to ROYAL RUDDER to RUNNING-RIGGING Search Contact us
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RACKRACK, (rasteau, Fr.) a frame of timber, containing several sheaves, and usually fixed on the opposite sides of a ship's bowsprit, to direct the sailors to the respective ropes passing through it, also which are attached to the sails on the bowsprit. [check]
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