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WELL of a fishing-vessel
WELL of a fishing-vessel, an apartment in the middle of the hold, which is entirely detached from the rest, being lined with lead on every side, and having the bottom thereof penetrated with a competent number of small holes, passing also through the ship's floor, so that the salt-water running into the well is always kept as fresh as that in the sea, and yet prevented from communicating itself to the other parts of the hold.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 319, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1493.html