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11 Cards in this Set
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Skiff
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Skiff - a small, light sailing boat
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Gaff
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- a handled hook for holding or lifting heavy fish
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Harpoon
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- a large spear or javelin used in hunting large fish or whales
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Furled
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- wrapped or rolled (as a sail or flag) close to or around something
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Mast
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- a long pole rising from the deck of a ship and supporting the yards (poles tapered toward the end to support and spread the square sails), booms (long poles used to extend the feet of sails), and rigging (the shapes, numbers, and arrangements of sails and masts of a ship)
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Gaunt
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- excessively thin or angular; lean
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Benevolent
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- suggestive of good will; kind
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Hoisted
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- raised into position; lifted
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Thwart
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- a rower's seat extending athwart (across) a boat
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Bodega
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- spanish for warehouse
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Resolution
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- the act of being determined; the act of dealing with a situation confidently; having courage
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