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DETACHMENT of a fleet or squadro to DOCK-YARDS
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DOG
DOG, a sort of iron hook, or bar, with a sharp fang at one end, so formed as to be easily driven into a plank: it is used to drag along the planks of oak when they are let into a hole under the stern of a ship, to be stowed in the hold. For this purpose there is a rope fastened to the end of the dog, upon which several men pull, to draw the plank towards the place where it is to be stowed. It is also used for the same purpose in unlading the ship.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 101, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0437.html