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| Mitre | joint that forms a corner -- usually both sides are beveled at a 45 degree angle to form a 90 degree angle
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| spars | wooden or metal pole -- boom, yard, bowsprit --- used to support sails and rigging on boath
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| poop | stern of a ship
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| caprice | impulsive change of mind
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| waist | middle part of the upper deck -- between forecastle and quarterdeck
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| forecastle | upper deck located at the bow forward of the foremast
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| ken | range of vision; view; sight
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| binnacle | a case that supports and protects a compass; near the helm
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| funk | panic; cowardly fright
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| mizzen-rigging | setting up the third mast from the bow
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| gimbals | device made up of two rings mounted on axes at right angles, so that an object like a compasss wil remain suspended in a horizontal plane without any motion
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| cistern | receptacle for holding water, to catch or store rain water
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| equivocal | ambiguous, of uncertain nature, of doubtful
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| poll | head
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| cruet | condiment bottle
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| leeward | the windy side
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| taffrail | rail around a vessel's stern
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