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30 Cards in this Set
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Mitre
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joint that forms a corner, usually 45 degree angle
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Spars
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Awooden or metal pole, such as a boom, yard, or bowspirit, used to support sails and rigging in a boat
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Poop
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the stern of a ship
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Caprice
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An impulsive change of mind
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Waist
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The middle part of the upper deck of a ship between the forecastle and the quarterdeck
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Sleeping-suit
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Pajamas
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Forecastle
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The section of the upper deck of a ship located at the bow forward of the foremast
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Compunction
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A strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
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Phosphorescent
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Persistent emission of light following exposure to and romval of incident radiation
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Incertitude
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insecurity or unstablitly
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Ken
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Range of vision, view, sight
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Binnacle
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A case that supports and protects a ships compass, located near the helm
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Pestiferous
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Morally evil of deadly, pernicious
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Funk
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A state of cowardly fright, a panic
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Confabulation
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To talk causly, chat filling gaps of your memory with lies that you accept as facts
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Mizzen-rigging
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When one sets up the third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts
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Gimbals
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A device consisting of two rings mounted on axes at right angles to each other so that an object, such as a ship's compass will remain suspended in a borizontal place between them regardless of any motion
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Dogmatic
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Characterized by an authoritative, arrogant, aseertion of unproved of unprovable principles
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Bullock
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A steer or young bull
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Cistern
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A respectable for holding water, usually to catch or store rain water
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Equivocal
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Ambiguous, of uncertain importance, of doubtful nature
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Edification
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Enlightenment, intellectual morals, spiritual improvement
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Bandy
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Bowed or bent in an outward curve
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Unalloyed
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complete, pure, a pure metal not mized with any others
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Sham
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Something false, spurious imitation, empty pretense
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Poll
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The blunt or broad end of a tool such as a hammer or ax
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Cruet
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A small glass bottle for holding a condiment
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Leeward
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On the side which wind is blowing
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Taffrail
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The Rail around a vessel's stern
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Evanescent
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Vanishing, to vanish like vapor
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