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101broad reach — Naut. See under reach (def. 27). * * * …
102builder's knot — Naut. See clove hitch. * * * …
103built-up mast — Naut. See made mast. * * * …
104bulb keel — Naut. a narrow keel having a swelling weight of lead or iron at the bottom. [1890 95] * * * …
105bulkhead deck — Naut. the uppermost continuous deck in the hull of a vessel, forming watertight compartments with the main transverse bulkheads. * * * …
106bull rope — Naut. any of various ropes for holding objects to prevent them from rubbing against or striking other objects. [1880 85] * * * …
107bunker oil — Naut. oil taken on board a tanker as fuel, as distinguished from the oil carried as cargo. * * * …
108Cape Horn fever — Naut. Slang. illness feigned by malingerers. [1840 50] * * * …
109cap jib — Naut. a jib set on a stay to a bowsprit cap. * * * …
110cat rig — Naut. the typical rig of a catboat, consisting of a single mast with a long boom, set well forward and carrying a single gaff or jib headed sail. [1865 70, Amer.] * * * …
