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DEAD-WORK
DEAD-WORK, all that part of a ship which is above water when she is laden. See the article UPPER-WORK.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 97, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0416.html