What does deckwise mean?
Deckwise means Knowledgeable about working as a deckhand..
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Knowledgeable about working as a deckhand..
The once-unthinkable to Hank became his concentrated project for the next several days: to hone his deckwise wife to the mysteries of spotting and capturing humpie salmon from the viewpoint of the wheelhouse.
All things deckwise were under the command of the bosun.
Free-running model tests showed that the SSP would heel into a high-speed turn actually somewhat more than necessary for the deckwise components of gravitational and centrifugal force to cancel.
Deckwise separation of the ends through leasing and warping reeds
Deckwise, there was a Supreme Capt., an Assistant Supreme Capt., a deputy Supreme Capt., six Asst. Deputy Supreme Capts., six Jr. Asst. Deputy Supreme Capts., six Jr. Third Asst. Deputy Capts., and the usual number of Chief Mates, Asst. Chief Mates, Second Mates, Third Mates and Fourth Mates, about 72 mates in all, Dad thinks.
This lobster boat wasn't much larger, deckwise, than a rowboat, it seemed.
We might have all been in the same boat during the war, but The Mauretania was arranged deckwise like the ocean liner - first class for the officers down to stowage for other ranks.
The starched maids who strolled deckwise of an evening had long since tumbled into their bunks to snore like ladies until such hour as they chose luxuriously to arise.
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Deckwise means Knowledgeable about working as a deckhand..
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The once-unthinkable to Hank became his concentrated project for the next several days: to hone his deckwise wife to the mysteries of spotting and capturing humpie salmon from the viewpoint of the wheelhouse.
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