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C CABIN to To CALK, or CAULK CALL to CANNON CANNON to CANOE CANOE to To rig the CAPSTERN Surge the CAPSTERN to CARPENTER of a ship CARTEL to CATS-PAW CAULKING to CHANNEL CHANNELS to CHEARLY CHEEKS of the mast to CLINCH CLINCHER-WORK to COASTING-PILOT COAT to COLLIERS COLOURS to COMPASS COMPASSING to COVE COUNTER to CRAWL CREEPER to CROW-FOOT CREEPER CREW of a ship CRINGLE CROSS-JACK CROSS-PIECE CROSS-TREES CROTCHES CROW To CROWD CROW-FOOT CROWNING to CUT-WATER Search Contact us
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CROSS-TREESCROSS-TREES, (barres de hune, Fr.) certain pieces of timber supported by the cheeks and trestle-trees, at the upper-ends of the lower-masts, athwart which they are laid, to sustain the frame of the top.
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