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The middle portion of a ship
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PLIMSOLL LINE
A special marking, positioned amidships, that indicates the draft of the vessel and the legal limit to which the vessel may be loaded for specific water types and temperatures.
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SHEER
The longitudinal curve of a vessel's decks in a vertical plane. Due to sheer, a vessel's deck height above the baseline is higher at the stem and stern than at amidships
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PARALLEL
MIDDLE BODY
The amidships portion of a ship in which the contour of the underwater hull form is unchanged
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PARALLELS
1. Spacers located between steam plate and press platen of the mold to prevent bending of the middle section. 2. Spacers or pressure pods located between steam plates of a mold to regulate height and prevent crushing of mold parts.
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CHINE
The intersection of the middle and sides of a boat
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INTERMEDIATE LIGHT
The middle light of the three-light range
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JET STREAM
Relatively strong winds (50 knots or greater) concentrated in a narrow stream in the atmosphere. It usually refers only to a quasi- horizontal stream of maximum winds imbedded in the middle latitude westerlies, and concentrated in the high troposphere.
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BUNTLINE
A rope attached to middle of square sail to haul it up to the yard
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MIDSHIPS
The middle section of a vessel with reference to the longitudinal plane, as distinguished from fore or aft.
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MIDDLES
The middle brails on the mainsail, higher than the lowers, and lower than the mains.
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