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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 |
RHOMB-LINERHOMB-LINE, a line prolonged from any point of the compass on a nautical chart, except the four cardinal points.
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