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RATES to To REEVE
RECKONING to RHOMB-LINE
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ROGUES-YARN to ROUND-HOUSE
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RUNG-HEADS
RUNG-HEADS, (fleurs, Fr.) a name sometimes given by shipwrights to the upper ends of the floor-timbers, which are otherwise more properly called floor-heads. See NAVAL ARCHITECTURE.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 248, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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