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  • 61Open Water 2: Adrift — Theatrical release poster Directed by Hans Horn Produced by Dan Maag Philip Schulz Deyle …

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  • 62fish tackle — noun : a tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of an anchor up to the gunwale * * * Naut. a tackle for fishing an anchor. [1680 90] * * * fish tackle, the heavy tackle for raising and lowering an anchor to and from the gunwale …

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  • 63outwale — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌwāl noun Etymology: out (III) + gunwale : the outside piece of a gunwale (as of a canoe) …

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  • 64portlast — ˈpōrtˌlast noun ( s) Etymology: origin unknown : the upper edge of a gunwale : a bulwark rail called also portoise * * * portlast /pōrtˈ or pörtˈləst/ (obsolete nautical) noun Probably the gunwale (also portoise / tiz/ and wrongly portˈland) …

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  • 65gun|nel — gun|nel1 «GUHN uhl», noun. = gunwale. (Cf. ↑gunwale) gun|nel2 «GUHN uhl», noun. any one of a genus of small, eel shaped fishes somewhat resembling a perch, especially a species found in the North Atlantic. ╂[origin uncertain] …

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  • 66Age of Fishes — Fish Fish, n.; pl. {Fishes} (f[i^]sh [e^]z), or collectively, {Fish}. [OE. fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch, OS. & OHG. fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk, Goth. fisks, L. piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. {Piscatorial}. In some cases,… …

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  • 67Aphis fable — dolphin dol phin (d[o^]l f[i^]n), n. [F. dauphin dolphin, dauphin, earlier spelt also doffin; cf. OF. dalphinal of the dauphin; fr. L. delphinus, Gr. delfi s a dolphin (in senses 1, 2, 3, & 6), perh. properly, belly fish; cf. delfy s womb, Skr.… …

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  • 68Chock — Chock, n. 1. A wedge, or block made to fit in any space which it is desired to fill, esp. something to steady a cask or other body, or prevent it from moving, by fitting into the space around or beneath it. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) A heavy… …

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  • 69Corvus ossifragus — Fish Fish, n.; pl. {Fishes} (f[i^]sh [e^]z), or collectively, {Fish}. [OE. fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch, OS. & OHG. fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk, Goth. fisks, L. piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. {Piscatorial}. In some cases,… …

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  • 70Coryphaena equisetis — dolphin dol phin (d[o^]l f[i^]n), n. [F. dauphin dolphin, dauphin, earlier spelt also doffin; cf. OF. dalphinal of the dauphin; fr. L. delphinus, Gr. delfi s a dolphin (in senses 1, 2, 3, & 6), perh. properly, belly fish; cf. delfy s womb, Skr.… …

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