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RABBET to RAISING a purchase
RABBET
RACK
RACKING
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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RAISING a purchase
RAISING a purchase, the act of disposing certain instrurnents, or machines, in such a manner, as that, by their mutual effects, they may produce a mechanical force sufficient to overcome the weight or resistance of the object to which this machinery is applied.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 230, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1034.html