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Oomiak. — An open boat made by drawing skins over a wooden frame and 



propelled by paddles, called women's boat because propelled by them. 

 Rake. — The inclination (usually backward, but sometimes forward) of a mast; 



also the inward slope of bow or stern from rail to keel. 

 Run. — The aft part of a ship's bottom where it fines off from the floor timbers 



to the sternposL 

 Schooner. — ^A fore-and-aft rigged vessel having originally two masts, but now 



often three or more. 

 Sheer. — The rise, or the amount of rise from a level of the lengthwise lines of 



a vessel's hull. 

 Ship. — A large vessel with bowsprit and three (recently also with four or even 



five) masts, each of which carries square sails. 

 Ship jack. — ^A powerful hydraulic jack for raising vessels, as in launching and 



docking. 

 Sloop. — A single-masted fore-and-aft rigged vessel carrying a mainsail and jib, 



and often a staysail and gaff-topsail. As typically distinguished from a 



cutter it carries a centerboard and has a beam broad in proportion to 



the depth of keal ; it also has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing 



rigging. 

 Snotc. — A two-masted square-rigged vessel having a boom mainsail traversing on 



the trysailmast instead of the mainmast, as in a brigantine. 

 Spar. — A round timber or pole by or on which to extend a sail. 

 Stem. — An upright timber or metal piece constituting the forward member of 



a vessel's hull, being a nearly vertical continuation of the keel, and in 



the same vertical plane. The bow of a vessel. 

 Sternpost. — The principal member of a vessel's stern frame ; fastened below to 



the keel, and usually having the rudder hinged to its after edge. 

 Taffrail. — The rail around the stern of a vessel. 

 Thwart. — An oarsman's seat extending athwart or from side to side in an open 



boat. 

 Trice. — To raise with a rope or purchase, as the heel of a boom ; also to tie, 



bind, or lash. 

 Yaxct. — A small sailing vessel rigged like a sloop, with the addition of a jibber- 

 mast. 



