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R RABBET to RAISING a purchase RAKE to RATES RATES to To REEVE RECKONING to RHOMB-LINE RECKONING REFITTING REIGNING-WINDS RELIEVING-TACKLES RENDERING RENDEZVOUS REPAIR REPRISE RETREAT 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 Search Contact us |
RENDEZVOUSRENDEZVOUS, the port, or place of destination, where the several ships of a fleet or squadron are appointed to rejoin the whole, in case of a separation, occasioned by tempestuous weather, or other unforeseen accident.
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