On the sea bottom where oysters breed.
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SHELL PLATING
The plates forming the outer side and bottom skin of the hull
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FARDAGE
A wood placed in bottom of ship to keep cargo dry
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HOLDING GROUND
The bottom ground of an anchorage. The expression is usually used with a modifying adjective to indicate the quality of the holding power of the material constituting the bottom
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UP FLOW
The operation of an ion-exchange unit in which solutions are passed in at the bottom and out at the top of the container.
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FOOT
1. the lower edge of any sail. 2. the bottom of a mast. 3. a measurement of 12 inches.
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DAVY JONES LOCKER
An idiom for the bottom of the sea.
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BREAM
To clean a ship's bottom by burning off seaweed
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BUOYED UP
Lifted by a buoy, especially a cable that has been lifted to prevent it from trailing on the bottom.
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OVERFALLS
Dangerously steep and breaking seas due to opposing currents and wind in a shallow area, nor strong currents over a shallow rocky bottom.
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TURTLING
In dinghy sailing especially (but can include other boats), a boat is said to be turtling or to turn turtle when the boat is fully inverted with the mast pointing down to the lake bottom or seabed.
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