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R 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 ROGUES-YARN to ROUND-HOUSE ROUNDING to ROYAL RUDDER to RUNNING-RIGGING RUDDER RUN RUNG-HEADS RUNNER RUNNING-OUT RUNNING-RIGGING Search Contact us |
RUNRUN, the aftmost or hindmost part of a ship's bottom, where it grows extremely narrow, as the floor approaches the stern-post.
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