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TABLING to TAIL
TAIL-BLOCK to TENDING
TENON to TIDE
TIER to TOGGEL
TOMPION to TOPPING
TOPPING-LIFT to TRACT-SCOUT
TRACTING to TREE-NAILS
TRACTING
TRADE-WINDS
TRAIN
TRANSOMS
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORTING
TRAVELER
TRAVERSE
TRAVERSE-BOARD
TREE-NAILS
TRESTLE-TREES to TRIP
TRIPPING to TRYING
TUCK to TYE
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TRACTING
TRACTING, the act of pulling any vessel or floating body along the stream of a canal or river, by means of a rope extending from the vessel, &c. to the adjacent shore, and drawn along the banks of the river, by men or horses.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 296, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1387.html