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Common terms and phrases
abaft amidships angle arch-board base line beam bearding line bend a batten bevel bevel board boat body plan bolts bows bowsprit brace butt capstan carline centre line cross cross-seam cutwater dead rise dead-flat deadwood deck diagonal direction draft-board fair fashion-piece fasten feet figure floor timber floor-timber fore and aft fore body foremost cant forward side futtock garboard half half-breadth plan harpin hause-piece head heels hooden horizontal inches intersection keel keelson knee knight-heads length loft lower edge main transom mark masts middle line mould parallel perpendicular plank plank-sheer proper rabbett rail raise rake riband lines rudder sail scarf schooners scribe sheer plan ship ship's side line spots square frames stanchion stem stern stern-post straight edge streak strike take the distance take the height take the widths thickness top breadth transfer treenail upper edge upper pintle vessel wale waterline windlass yards