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Touching or fast to the bottom.
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Touching or fast to the bottom.
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ICEFOOT
A narrow fringe of ice attached to the coast, unmoved by tides and remaining after the fast ice has moved away.
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ICE BRIDGE
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TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYER
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CLIPPER
A very fast sailing ship of the 19th century that had three or more masts, a square rig, a long, low hull, and a sharply raked stem.
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