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Sheer batten
Sheer Sheer, n. 1. (Naut.) (a) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side. (b) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it. 2. A turn or change in a course. Give the canoe a sheer and get nearer to the shore. --Cooper. 3. pl. Shears See Shear. Sheer batten (Shipbuilding), a long strip of wood to guide the carpenters in following the sheer plan. Sheer boom, a boom slanting across a stream to direct floating logs to one side. Sheer hulk. See Shear hulk, under Hulk. Sheer plan, or Sheer draught (Shipbuilding), a projection of the lines of a vessel on a vertical longitudinal plane passing through the middle line of the vessel. Sheer pole (Naut.), an iron rod lashed to the shrouds just above the dead-eyes and parallel to the ratlines. Sheer strake (Shipbuilding), the strake under the gunwale on the top side. --Totten. To break sheer (Naut.), to deviate from sheer, and risk fouling the anchor.

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- competitions Sheerness were drawn with Chatham in the first round and lost both times. Given that Chatham were a crack side at this time Sheerness' performances...
- white cedar, frames of white oak jogged over internally cedar-battened seams, lapped sheer strakes, and oak knees that supported cross thwarts and stern...
- remained after the re-casting process were Robin Antin, Carmit Bachar, Cyia Batten, Kasey Campbell, Ashley Roberts, Jessica Sutta and Kimberly Wyatt. Electra...
- fastening is done. Once the s**** of planking is ****embled, transverse battens of oak, ash, or elm, called timbers, are steam-bent to fit the internal...
- Michiel de Ruyter, over several days bombarded and captured the town of Sheerness, sailed up the Thames estuary to Gravesend, then sailed into the River...
- Bedfordshire Munitions Storage Depot RAF Sheerness (Aerodrome) England Kent 1918 1918 Emergency Landing Ground RAF Sheerness England Kent 1919 1919 Balloon station...
- University of Birmingham Thomas John Barnardo – Philanthropist Frederick Batten – Neurologist and paediatrician Hannah Billig – Famous wartime doctor William...
- Tara Lipinski Figure skating Ladies' singles February 20  Silver Gordon Sheer Chris Thorpe Luge Doubles February 13  Silver Chris Witty Speed skating...
- interpretations of such scenes. In the late Pre-Raphaelite painting by John D. Batten, hammer-wielding workmen appear through a doorway, while in the foreground...
- (1894). "The Legend of Knockgrafton". More Celtic fairy tales. John D. Batten (illustr.). London: John Murray. pp. 156–163. Yeats, William Butler (1888)...