kentledge
11kentledge — The pig iron ballast of a ship …
12kentledge — n. Naut. pig iron etc. used as permanent ballast. Etymology: F quintelage ballast, with assim. to kentle obs. var. of QUINTAL …
13kintlidge — Kentledge Kent ledge, n. [OF. cant edge, corner, D. kant. See {Cant} edge, angle.] (Naut.) Pigs of iron used for ballast. [Written also {kintlidge}.] [1913 Webster] …
14Kintlidge — Kint lidge, n. (Naut.) See {Kentledge}. [1913 Webster] …
15USS Vesuvius (1806) — USS Vesuvius was a bomb ketch and the first ship of the United States Navy named for the Italian volcano. Vesuvius was built by Jacob Coffin at Newburyport, Massachusetts. She was launched on 31 May 1806 and commissioned in or before September… …
16Nautical Terms — Ahoy, mateys! This be a fair and true listing of words having to do with ships and sailing, 225 of them in all. These terms come mainly from the great age of sailing ships, the 16th to 18th centuries, and almost all hail from the two great… …
17kintledge — Same as kentledge …
18kintlage — kintlage, ledge, lidge obs. ff. kentledge …
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