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  • 31bring by the lee — phrasal : to turn (a ship) so rapidly to leeward when sailing large as to bring the lee side suddenly to windward and by laying the sails back incur the danger of capsizing compare broach III …

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  • 32SHIP-MONEY —    a tax levied by Charles I. at the suggestion of Noy, the Attorney General, who based its imposition on an old war tax leviable on port towns to furnish a navy in times of danger, and which Charles imposed in a time of peace without consent of… …

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  • 33bring to — 1. Check the course of (said of a ship). 2. Resuscitate, revive …

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  • 34ship and outfit — A term stating the subject of marine insurance effected for the purposes of a fishing voyage, consisting principally in the apparatus and instruments necessary for the taking of fish, seals, etc., and the disposing of them when taken, in such a… …

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  • 35bring someone off — 1) be rescued from a ship in difficulties 2) vulgar slang give someone or oneself an orgasm …

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  • 36Ghost Ship (film) — Infobox Film name = Ghost Ship caption = A promotional film poster for Ghost Ship ; based on the poster for Death Ship . director = Steve Beck producer = Gilbert Adler Steve Richards Bruce Berman writer = Mark Hanlon John Pogue starring = Gabriel …

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  • 37To heave a ship ahead — Heave Heave (h[=e]v), v. t. [imp. {Heaved} (h[=e]vd), or {Hove} (h[=o]v); p. p. {Heaved}, {Hove}, formerly {Hoven} (h[=o] v n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Heaving}.] [OE. heven, hebben, AS. hebban; akin to OS. hebbian, D. heffen, OHG. heffan, hevan, G.… …

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  • 38To heave a ship down — Heave Heave (h[=e]v), v. t. [imp. {Heaved} (h[=e]vd), or {Hove} (h[=o]v); p. p. {Heaved}, {Hove}, formerly {Hoven} (h[=o] v n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Heaving}.] [OE. heven, hebben, AS. hebban; akin to OS. hebbian, D. heffen, OHG. heffan, hevan, G.… …

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  • 39To heave a ship to — Heave Heave (h[=e]v), v. t. [imp. {Heaved} (h[=e]vd), or {Hove} (h[=o]v); p. p. {Heaved}, {Hove}, formerly {Hoven} (h[=o] v n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Heaving}.] [OE. heven, hebben, AS. hebban; akin to OS. hebbian, D. heffen, OHG. heffan, hevan, G.… …

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  • 40Castillo de Salas (Ship) — The Castillo de Salas was a bulk carrier that was launched to sea in Ferrol in August, 1980. It weighed over 50,000 tons, displaced over 100,000 tons of water, measured approximately m to ft|num=250|abbr=no|spell=Commonwealth|precision=1|wiki=yes …

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