Persons who lure ships aground (by displaying false lights) for the purpose of plundering their cargo.
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GROUNDED ICE
Floating ice which is aground in shoal water.
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ICE WALL
An ice cliff forming the seaward margin of a glacier which is not afloat. An ice wall is aground with the underlying land at or below sea level.
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AGROUND
Touching or fast to the bottom.
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AFLOAT
Of a vessel which is floating freely (not aground or sunk). More generally of vessels in service
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BEACHING
Deliberately running a vessel aground to load and unload (as with landing craft), or sometimes to prevent a damaged vessel sinking.
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REEF
A rock or coral, possibly only revealed at low tide, shallow enough that the vessel will at least touch if not go aground.
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NEAPED
Left aground following a spring high tide. Also called BENEAPED.
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UNDERWAY
A vessel which is not at anchor, or made fast to the shore, or aground
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HARD AGROUND
A ship which has gone aground and is not able to move under her own power.
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SALLYING SHIP
Producing rolling motion of a ship by having the crew run in unison from to side. This is usually done to help float a ship which is aground or to assist it to make way when it is beset by ice.
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