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RABBET to 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
RIGHTING
RIM, or BRIM
RING-BOLT
RING-ROPES
RING-TAIL
RIPPLING
RISING-LINE
ROAD
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ROBANDS, or ROPE BANDS
ROGUES-YARN to ROUND-HOUSE
ROUNDING to ROYAL
RUDDER to RUNNING-RIGGING
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RISING-LINE
RISING-LINE, a name given byshipwrights to an incurvatedline,which is drawn on the plane of elevation, to determine the height of the ends of all the floor-timbers throughout the ship's length, and which accordingly ascertains the figure of the bottom, with regard to sharpness and flatness.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 245, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1081.html