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Nautical
of or relating to boats, sailing, maritime topics
Industry: Transportation
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Seaboots
Transportation; Nautical
High waterproof boots for use at sea. In leisure sailing, known as sailing wellies.
Over the barrel
Transportation; Nautical
Adult sailors were flogged on the back or shoulders while tied to a grating, but boys were beaten instead on the posterior (often bared), with a cane or cat, while bending, often tied down, over the ...
Ox-eye
Transportation; Nautical
A cloud or other weather phenomenon that may be indicative of an upcoming storm.
Panting
Transportation; Nautical
The pulsation in and out of the bow and stern plating as the ship alternately rises and plunges deep into the water
Overbear
Transportation; Nautical
To sail downwind directly at another ship, stealing the wind from its sails.
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