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3. The Spanish real, of the value of one eight of a dollar, or 12� cets; -- formerly so called in New York and some other States. See Note under 2.
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Coloq. York shilling . Same as , 3.
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{ Shill-I-shall-I (?), Shilly-shally, } adv. [A reduplication of shall I.] In an irresolute, undecided, or hesitating manner.
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I am somewhat dainty in making a resolution, because when I make it, I keep it; I don't stand shill-I-shall-I then; if I say 't, I'll do 't. Congreve.
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Shilly-shally, v. i. To hesitate; to act in an irresolute manner; hence, to occupy one's self with trifles.
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Shilly-shally, n. Irresolution; hesitation; also, occupation with trifles.
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She lost not one of her forty-five minutes in picking and choosing, -- no shilly-shally in Kate. De Quincey.
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Shiloh (shīlō), n. [Heb. shīlōh, literally, quiet, rest, fr. shālāh to rest.] (Script.) A word used by Jacob on his deathbed, and interpreted variously, as “the Messiah,” or as the city “Shiloh,” or as “Rest.”
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Shily (?), adv. See .
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Shim (?), n. 1. A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground, and clear it of weeds.
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2. (Mach.) A thin piece of metal placed between two parts to make a fit.
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Shimmer (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shimmered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shimmering.] [OE. schimeren, AS. scimerian; akin to scīmian, scīman, to glitter, D. schemeren, G. schimmern, Dan. skimre, Sw. skimra, AS. scīma a light, brightness, Icel. skīma, Goth. skeima a torch, a lantern, and E. shine. √157. See , v. i.] To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer.
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The shimmering glimpses of a stream. Tennyson.
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Shimmer, n. A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer.
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TWo silver lamps, fed with perfumed oil, diffused . . . a trembling twilight-seeming shimmer through the quiet apartment. Sir W. Scott.
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Shimmering, n. A gleam or glimmering. “A little shimmering of a light.” Chaucer.
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Shimmy (?), n. A chemise. [Colloq.]
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Shin (?), n. [OE. shine, schine, AS. scina; akin to D. scheen, OHG. scina, G. schiene, schienbein, Dan. skinnebeen, Sw. skenben. Cf. .] 1. The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank. “On his shin.” Chaucer.
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2. (Railbroad) A fish plate for rails. Knight.
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Coloq. Shin bone (Anat.), the tibia. -- Coloq. Shin leaf (Bot.), a perennial ericaceous herb (Pyrola elliptica) with a cluster of radical leaves and a raceme of greenish white flowers.
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Shin, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shinned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shinning.] 1. To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like; -- used with up; as, to shin up a mast. [Slang]
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2. To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as for the payment of one's notes at the bank. [Slang, U.S.] Bartlett.
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Shin, v. t. To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up. [Slang]
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Shindle (?), n. [See 2d .] A shingle; also, a slate for roofing. [Obs.] Holland.
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Shindle, v. t. To cover or roof with shindles. [Obs.]
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Shindy (?), n.; pl. Shindies (#). [Etymol. uncertain; cf. , .] 1. An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot. [Slang] Thackeray.
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2. Hockey; shinney. Bartlett.
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3. A fancy or liking. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.
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Shine (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shone (� or �; 277) (archaic Shined (�)); p. pr. & vb. n. Shining.] [OE. shinen, schinen, AS. scīnan; akin to D. schijnen, OFries. skīna, OS. & OHG. scīnan, G. scheinen, Icel. skīna, Sw. skina, Dan. skinne, Goth. skeinan, and perh. to Gr. ��� shadow. √157. Cf. pure, and .] 1. To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night.
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Hyperion's quickening fire doth shine. Shak.
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God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Cghrist. 2 Cor. iv. 6.
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Let thine eyes shine forth in their full luster. Denham.
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2. To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver.
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3. To be effulgent in splendor or beauty. “So proud she shined in her princely state.” Spenser.
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Once brightest shined this child of heat and air. Pope.
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4. To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation.
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Few are qualified to shine in company; but it in most men's power to be agreeable. Swift.
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Coloq. To make the face to shine upon , or Coloq. To cause the face to shine upon , to be propitious to; to be gracious to. Num. vi. 25.
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Shine, v. t. 1. To cause to shine, as a light. [Obs.]
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He [God] doth not rain wealth, nor shine honor and virtues, upon men equally. Bacon.
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2. To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light; as, in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them. [U. S.] Bartlett.
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Shine, n. 1. The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen.
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Now sits not girt with taper's holy shine. Milton.
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Fair opening to some court's propitious shine. Pope.
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The distant shine of the celestial city. Hawthorne.
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2. Sunshine; fair weather.
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Be it fair or foul, or rain or shine. Dryden.
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3. A liking for a person; a fancy. [Slang, U.S.]
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4. Caper; antic; row. [Slang]
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Coloq. To cut up shines , to play pranks. [Slang, U.S.]
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Shine (?), a. [AS. scīn. See , v. i.] Shining; sheen. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Shiner (?), n. That which shines. Specifically: (a) A luminary. (b) A bright piece of money. [Slang]
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Has she the shiners, d' ye think? Foote.
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(c) (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes, belonging to Notropis, or Minnilus, and allied genera; as the redfin (Notropis megalops), and the golden shiner (Notemigonus chrysoleucus) of the Eastern United States; also loosely applied to various other silvery fishes, as the dollar fish, or horsefish, menhaden, moonfish, sailor's choice, and the sparada. (d) (Zoöl.) The common Lepisma, or furniture bug.
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Coloq. Blunt-nosed shiner (Zoöl.), the silver moonfish.
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Shiness (?), n. See .
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Shingle (?), n. [Prob. from Norw. singl, singling, coarse gravel, small round stones.] (Geol.) Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere.
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Shingle, n. [OE. shingle, shindle, fr. L. scindula, scandula; cf. scindere to cleave, to split, E. shed, v. t., Gr. ���, ���, shingle, ��� to slit.] 1. A piece of wood sawed or rived thin and small, with one end thinner than the other, -- used in covering buildings, especially roofs, the thick ends of one row overlapping the thin ends of the row below.
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I reached St. Asaph, . . . where there is a very poor cathedral church covered with shingles or tiles. Ray.
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2. A sign for an office or a shop; as, to hang out one's shingle. [Jocose, U. S.]
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Coloq. Shingle oak (Bot.), a kind of oak (Quercus imbricaria) used in the Western States for making shingles.
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Shingle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shingled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shingling (?).] 1. To cover with shingles; as, to shingle a roof.
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They shingle their houses with it. Evelyn.
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2. To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, as shingles on a roof.
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Shingle, v. t. To subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron from the pudding furnace.
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Shingler (?), n. 1. One who shingles.
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2. A machine for shingling puddled iron.
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Shingles (?), n. [OF. cengle a girth, F. sangle, fr. L. cingulum a girdle, fr. cingere to gird. Cf. , , .] (Med.) A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain.
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Shingling (?), n. 1. The act of covering with shingles; shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles.
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2. (Metal) The process of expelling scoriæ and other impurities by hammering and squeezing, in the production of wrought iron.
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Coloq. Shingling hammer , a ponderous hammer moved by machinery, used in shingling puddled iron. -- Coloq. Shingling mill , a mill or forge where puddled iron is shingled.
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Shingly (?), a. Abounding with shingle, or gravel.
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Shinhopple (?), n. The hobblebush.
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Shining (?), a. 1. Emitting light, esp. in a continuous manner; radiant; as, shining lamps; also, bright by the reflection of light; as, shining armor. “Fish . . . with their fins and shining scales.” Milton.
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2. Splendid; illustrious; brilliant; distinguished; conspicious; as, a shining example of charity.
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3. Having the surface smooth and polished; -- said of leaves, the surfaces of shells, etc.
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Syn. -- Glistening; bright; radiant; resplendent; effulgent; lustrous; brilliant; glittering; splendid; illustrious. -- , , . Shining describes the steady emission of a strong light, or the steady reflection of light from a clear or polished surface. Brilliant denotes a shining of great brightness, but with gleams or flashes. Sparkling implies a fitful, intense shining from radiant points or sparks, by which the eye is dazzled. The same distinctions obtain when these epithets are figuratively applied. A man of shining talents is made conspicious by possessing them; if they flash upon the mind with a peculiarly striking effect, we call them brilliant; if his brilliancy is marked by great vivacity and occasional intensity, he is sparkling.
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True paradise . . . inclosed with shining rock. Milton.
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Some in a brilliant buckle bind her waist,
Some round her neck a circling light display. Gay.
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His sparkling blade about his head he blest. Spenser.
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Shining, n. Emission or reflection of light.
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Shiningness, n. Brightness. J. Spence.
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Shinney (?), n. [CF. .] The game of hockey; -- so called because of the liability of the players to receive blows on the shin. Halliwell.
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Shin Shu (?). [Jap., lit., true sect.] The leading and most progressive Buddhist sect of Japan, resting its faith rather upon Amida than Gautama Buddha. Rites and ceremonies are held useless without uprightness.
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{ Shintiyan (shĭntĭyăn), Shintyan (shĭntĭăn), } n.} [Ar. shintīān.] A kind of wide loose drawers or trousers worn by women in Mohammedan countries.
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Shinplaster (?), n. Formerly, a jocose term for a bank note greatly depreciated in value; also, for paper money of a denomination less than a dollar. [U. S.]
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{ Shinto (?), Shintiism (?), } n. [Chin. shin god + tao way, doctrine.] One of the two great systems of religious belief in Japan. Its essence is ancestor worship, and sacrifice to dead heroes. [Written also Sintu, and Sintuism.]
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Shintoist (?), n. An adherent of Shintoism.
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Shinty (?), n. [Cf. Gael. sinteag a skip, a bound.] A Scotch game resembling hockey; also, the club used in the game. Jamieson.
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Shiny (?), a. [Compar. Shinier (?); superl. Shiniest.] Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.
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Like distant thunder on a shiny day. Dryden.
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-ship (?). [OE. -schipe, AS. -scipe; akin to OFries. -skipe, OLG. -skepi, D. -schap, OHG. -scaf, G. -schaft. Cf. , n., and .] A suffix denoting state, office, dignity, profession, or art; as in lordship, friendship, chancellorship, stewardship, horsemanship.
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Ship (?), n. [AS. scipe.] Pay; reward. [Obs.]
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In withholding or abridging of the ship or the hire or the wages of servants. Chaucer.
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Ship, n. [OE. ship, schip, AS. scip; akin to OFries. skip, OS. scip, D. schip, G. schiff, OHG. scif, Dan. skib, Sw. skeep, Icel. & Goth. skip; of unknown origin. Cf. , , .] 1. Any large seagoing vessel.
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Like a stately ship . . .
With all her bravery on, and tackle trim,
Sails filled, and streamers waving. Milton.
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Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Longfellow.
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2. Specifically, a vessel furnished with a bowsprit and three masts (a mainmast, a foremast, and a mizzenmast), each of which is composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a topgallant mast, and square-rigged on all masts. See Illustation in Appendix.
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l Port or Larboard Side; s Starboard Side; 1 Roundhouse or Deck House; 2 Tiller; 3 Grating; 4 Wheel; 5 Wheel Chains; 6 Binnacle; 7 Mizzenmast; 8 Skylight; 9 Capstan; 10 Mainmast; 11 Pumps; 12 Galley or Caboose; 13 Main Hatchway; 14 Windlass; 15 Foremast; 16 Fore Hatchway; 17 Bitts; 18 Bowsprit; 19 Head Rail; 20 Boomkins; 21 Catheads on Port Bow and Starboard Bow; 22 Fore Chains; 23 Main Chains; 24 Mizzen Chains; 25 Stern.
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1 Fore Royal Stay; 2 Flying Jib Stay; 3 Fore Topgallant Stay;4 Jib Stay; 5 Fore Topmast Stays; 6 Fore Tacks; 8 Flying Martingale; 9 Martingale Stay, shackled to Dolphin Striker; 10 Jib Guys; 11 Jumper Guys; 12 Back Ropes; 13 Robstays; 14 Flying Jib Boom; 15 Flying Jib Footropes; 16 Jib Boom; 17 Jib Foottropes; 18 Bowsprit; 19 Fore Truck; 20 Fore Royal Mast; 21 Fore Royal Lift; 22 Fore Royal Yard; 23 Fore Royal Backstays; 24 Fore Royal Braces; 25 Fore Topgallant Mast and Rigging; 26 Fore Topgallant Lift; 27 Fore Topgallant Yard; 28 Fore Topgallant Backstays; 29 Fore Topgallant Braces; 30 Fore Topmast and Rigging; 31 Fore Topsail Lift; 32 Fore Topsail Yard; 33 Fore Topsail Footropes; 34 Fore Topsail Braces; 35 Fore Yard; 36 Fore Brace; 37 Fore Lift; 38 Fore Gaff; 39 Fore Trysail Vangs; 40 Fore Topmast Studding-sail Boom; 41 Foremast and Rigging; 42 Fore Topmast Backstays; 43 Fore Sheets; 44 Main Truck and Pennant; 45 Main Royal Mast and Backstay; 46 Main Royal Stay; 47 Main Royal Lift; 48 Main Royal Yard; 49 Main Royal Braces; 50 Main Topgallant Mast and Rigging; 51 Main Topgallant Lift; 52 Main Topgallant Backstays; 53 Main Topgallant Yard; 54 Main Topgallant Stay; 55 Main Topgallant Braces; 56 Main Topmast and Rigging; 57 Topsail Lift; 58 Topsail Yard; 59 Topsail Footropes; 60 Topsail Braces; 61 Topmast Stays; 62 Main Topgallant Studding-sail Boom; 63 Main Topmast Backstay; 64 Main Yard; 65 Main Footropes; 66 Mainmast and Rigging; 67 Main Lift; 68 Main Braces; 69 Main Tacks; 70 Main Sheets; 71 Main Trysail Gaff; 72 Main Trysail Vangs; 73 Main Stays; 74 Mizzen Truck; 75 Mizzen Royal Mast and Rigging; 76 Mizzen Royal Stay; 77 Mizzen Royal Lift; 78 Mizzen Royal Yard; 79 Mizzen Royal Braces; 80 Mizzen Topgallant Mast and Rigging; 81 Mizzen Topgallant Lift; 82 Mizzen Topgallant Backstays; 83 Mizzen Topgallant Braces; 84 Mizzen Topgallant Yard; 85 Mizzen Topgallant Stay; 86 Mizzen Topmast and Rigging; 87 Mizzen Topmast Stay; 88 Mizzen Topsail Lift; 89 Mizzen Topmast Backstays; 90 Mizzen Topsail Braces; 91 Mizzen Topsail Yard; 92 Mizzen Topsail Footropes; 93 Crossjack Yard; 94 Crossjack Footropes; 95 Crossjack Lift; 96 Crossjack Braces; 97 Mizzenmast and Rigging; 98 Mizzen Stay; 99 Spanker Gaff; 100 Peak Halyards; 101 Spanker Vangs; 102 Spanker Boom; 103 Spanker Boom Topping Lift; 104 Jacob's Ladder, or Stern Ladder; 105 Spanker Sheet; 106 Cutwater; 107 Starboard Bow; 108 Starboard Beam; 109 Water Line; 110 Starboard Quarter; 111 Rudder.
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