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Shipowner

Owner of a ship or ships.

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Owner 76% connected

One who owns; a rightful proprietor; one who has the legal or rightful title, whether he is the possessor or not.

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Possessor 76% connected

One who possesses; one who occupies, holds, owns, or controls; one who has actual participation or enjoyment, generally of that which is desirable; a…

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Abeam adverb · 78% connection

On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side.

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Accession noun · 78% connection

A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a rig…

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Admiral noun · 78% connection

The ship which carries the admiral; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet.

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Anchor noun · 78% connection

A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a…

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Apeak adv. & a. · 78% connection

In a vertical line. The anchor in apeak, when the cable has been sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it, and the ship is them…

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Barratry noun · 78% connection

A fraudulent breach of duty or willful act of known illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of master, or of th…

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Bitts n. pl. · 78% connection

A frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which to fasten the cables as the ship rides at anc…

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Boarder noun · 78% connection

One who boards a ship; one selected to board an enemy's ship.

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Bottom noun · 78% connection

The part of a ship which is ordinarily under water; hence, the vessel itself; a ship.

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Bottomry noun · 78% connection

A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and…

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Common noun · 78% connection

The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; -- so called from the comm…

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Company noun · 78% connection

The crew of a ship, including the officers; as, a whole ship's company.

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Copper-fastened adjective · 78% connection

Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship.

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Cradle noun · 78% connection

A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns,…

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Davit noun · 78% connection

A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides…

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Deck verb · 78% connection

The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two…

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Demurrage noun · 78% connection

The allowance made to the master or owner of the ship for such delay or detention.

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Derelict noun · 78% connection

A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea.

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