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  • 1haul one's wind — phrasal : head the bow of a ship closer into the wind : luff hauled his wind until the sail was trimmed in flat Vincent McHugh often used with on, upon, or to …

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  • 2The Cliffs of Baccalieu — is a Newfoundland song written by Jack Withers (1899 1964). It was popularised by Stan Rogers. Many fisherman from Newfoundland spent their summers fishing on the Labrador coast. This song depicts and incident of a crew coming home from the… …

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  • 3The Arkansas Traveler (song) — The Arkansas Traveler was the state song of Arkansas from 1949 to 1963, and has been the state historical song since 1987. The music was composed in the 1800s by Colonel Sanford C. Sandy Faulkner (1806 1874); the current official lyrics were… …

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  • 4The Godfather Part II — Original film poster Directed by Francis Ford Coppola Produced by …

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  • 5The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" — Infobox Book | name = The Boats of Glen Carrig title orig = translator = image caption = dust jacket of The Boats of Glen Carrig author = William Hope Hodgson illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre …

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  • 7Voyage of the James Caird — The voyage of the James Caird was an open boat journey which took place following the abandonment of Sir Ernest Shackleton s Imperial Trans Antarctic Expedition, after the loss of its ship, Endurance , in October 1915. The ship had been crushed… …

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  • 8Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway — The Duke of Wellington s train and other locomotives being readied for departure from Liverpool, 15 September 1830 The opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L M) took place on 15 September 1830 …

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  • 9Naval tactics in the Age of Sail — A 17th century Spanish galleon Naval tactics in the Age of Sail were used from the early 17th century onward when sailing ships replaced oared galleys. These were used until the 1860s when steam powered ironclad warships rendered sailing line of… …

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  • 10To haul in one's horns — Horn Horn (h[^o]rn), n. [AS. horn; akin to D. horen, hoorn, G., Icel., Sw., & Dan. horn, Goth. ha[ u]rn, W., Gael., & Ir. corn, L. cornu, Gr. ke ras, and perh. also to E. cheer, cranium, cerebral; cf. Skr. [,c]iras head. Cf. {Carat}, {Corn} on… …

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