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RECKONING to RHOMB-LINE
RIBBANDS to RIGGING-OUT a boom
RIGHTING to ROBANDS, or ROPE BANDS
ROGUES-YARN to ROUND-HOUSE
ROUNDING to ROYAL
ROUNDING
ROUNDING-IN
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ROW-LOCKS
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ROW-LOCKS
ROW-LOCKS, those parts of the gunwale, or upper edge of a boat's side, whereon the oar rests in the exercise of rowing. In the sides of the smallest vessels of war, a number of little square holes, called row-ports, are cut for this purpose, parallel to the surface of the water.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 248, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1100.html