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WATER-BORNE
WATER-BORNE, the state of a ship, with regard to the water surrounding her bottom, when there is barely a sufficient depth of it to float her off from the ground; particularly when she had for some time rested thereon.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 312, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1470.html