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R RABBET to RAISING a purchase RAKE to RATES RATES to To REEVE RATES RATLINGS REACH REAR REEF REEFING REEF-TACKLE REEL of the log 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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To REEVETo REEVE, is to pass the end of a rope through any hole, as the channel of a block, 'the cavity of a thimble, cleat, ring-bolt, &c.
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