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M MAGAZINE to MARLING-SPIKE MAROON to MAT MATE of a ship of war to MIDSHIPMAN MATE of a ship of war MATE of a merchant-ship METEOR MESS MESS-MATE MIDSHIP MIDSHIP-BEAM MIDSHIP-FRAME MIDSHIPMAN MIZEN to MORTAR MOULD to MUSTERING Search Contact us |
MIDSHIPMIDSHIP, (maîitre, Fr.) a term of distinction, applied by shipwrights to several pieces of timber which lie in the broadest part of a vessel; as,
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