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2. Fishing rod - Wikipedia

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   At its most basic form, a fishing rod is a straight rigid stick/pole with a line fastened to one end (as seen in traditional bamboo rod fishing such as Tenkara fishing); however, modern rods are usually more elastic and generally have the line stored in a reel mounted at the rod handle, which is hand-cranked and controls the line retrieval, as ...

3. Conning tower - Wikipedia

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   The conning tower is the small watertight compartment above the control room, from which the boat's commanding officer would command the boat during submerged attacks. The bridge was built on top of—but not considered part of—the conning tower, and was used for surfaced navigation and signalling.

4. Rowlock - Wikipedia

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   A rowlock cut into the top strake of a boat. In some, largely older, strict terminologies, a rowlock is a U-shaped cut-out in the top strake of a boat (usually the wash-strake). In older texts, the U-shaped metal fitting may be called an "oar crutch", a usage which is largely obsolete. [4]: 213–217 [5]

5. List of licensed and localized editions of Monopoly : USA

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6. List of mythological objects - Wikipedia

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   Matet, (Growing Stronger), the first of two boats traveled in by Ra, the sun god as he traveled the sky daily with the sun on his head. During the period between dawn and noon, Ra occupies the Matet boat. Seqtet, (Growing Weaker), the second six hours of the day (from noon till dusk) in Ancient Egyptian belief. It was preceded by the Matet boat.

7. Glossary of baseball terms - Wikipedia

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   A slang term for a baseball record that is disputed in popular opinion (i.e., unofficially) because of a perception that the record holder had an unfair advantage in attaining the record. It implies that the record requires a footnote explaining the purportedly unfair advantage, with the asterisk being a symbol commonly used in typography to ...