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DAM to DEAD-WORK
DECKS to DEPTH of a sail
DECKS
Flush-DECK, or Deck-Flush fore and aft
Half-DECK
DECOY
DEEP-WAISTED
DEMURRAGE
DEPARTURE
DEPTH of a sail
DETACHMENT of a fleet or squadro to DOCK-YARDS
DOG to DOWN-HAUL-TACKLE
To DOWSE to DRIVING
DROP to DUNNAGE
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DEPARTURE
DEPARTURE, in navigation, the distance between any two places lying on the same parallel, counted in miles of the equator, or the distance of one place from the meridian of another, counted on the parallel passing over that place. See NAVIGATION.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 99, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0425.html