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2. Stuffing box - Wikipedia

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   Boats. A small boat stuffing box comprising an adjusting nut, a locking nut and a sleeve. On a boat having an inboard motor that turns a shaft attached to an external propeller, the shaft passes through a stuffing box, also called a "packing box" or "stern gland" in this application. The stuffing box prevents water from entering the boat's hull.

3. Lazarette - Wikipedia

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   Lazarette. The lazarette or lazaret (sometimes lazaretto) of a boat is an area near or aft of the cockpit. The word is similar to and probably derived from lazaretto. A lazarette is usually a storage locker used for gear or equipment a sailor or boatswain would use around the decks on a sailing vessel. [1][2][3] It is typically found below the ...

4. Rivet - Wikipedia

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   The holder up or holder on would hold a heavy bucking bar or dolly or another (larger) pneumatic jack against the round "shop head" of the rivet, while the riveter (sometimes two riveters) applied a hammer or pneumatic rivet hammer With a "rivet set" to the tail of the rivet, making it mushroom against the joint forming the "field head" into ...

5. Glossary of nautical terms (M–Z) - Wikipedia

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   1. (ship's boat) A small, light boat propelled by oars or a sail, used as a tender to larger vessels during the Age of Sail. 2. (full-rigged pinnace) A small "race built" galleon, square-rigged with either two or three masts. 3. In modern usage, any small boat other than a launch or lifeboat associated with a larger vessel. pintle

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   A cup you could receive in a $12 Collector’s Meal is reselling, in some cases, for more than $100. One seller on eBay appears to be selling a set of three cups for a whopping $150. Diners have a ...

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