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The shape of a boat or ship in which the contours of the hull come in a straight line to the keel.
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The second sail (counting from the bottom) up a mast. These may be either square sails or fore-and-aft ones, in which case they often "fill in" between the mast and the gaff of the sail below.
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The second section of the mast above the deck; formerly the upper mast, later surmounted by the topgallant mast; carrying the topsails.
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The scale describing wind force devised by Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort in 1808, in which winds are graded by the effect of their force (originally, the amount of sail that a fully-rigged frigate could carry). Scale now reads up to Force 17.
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The rear part of a ship, technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost, extending upwards from the counter to the taffrail.
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The pulsation in and out of the bow and stern plating as the ship alternately rises and plunges deep into the water
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