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RABBET to RAISING a purchase
RABBET
RACK
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RAFT
RAFT-PORT
RAG-BOLT
RAILS
RAILS of the head
To RAISE
RAISING a purchase
RAKE to RATES
RATES to To REEVE
RECKONING to RHOMB-LINE
RIBBANDS to RIGGING-OUT a boom
RIGHTING to ROBANDS, or ROPE BANDS
ROGUES-YARN to ROUND-HOUSE
ROUNDING to ROYAL
RUDDER to RUNNING-RIGGING
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RAFT
RAFT, (radeau, Fr.) a sort of float, formed by an assemblage of various planks, or pieces-of timber, fastened together side by side, so as to be conveyed more commodiously, to any short distance in a harbour or road,, than if they were separate. The timber and plank, with which merchant-Ships are laden, in the different parts of the Baltic sea, are attached together in this manner, in order to float them off to the shipping.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 229, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1028.html