DEAD-WOOD
\dˈɛdwˈʊd], \dˈɛdwˈʊd], \d_ˈɛ_d_w_ˈʊ_d]\
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(Naut.) Blocks of timber fayed on to the upper side of the keel, and at the extreme ends, to a considerable height one upon another. Dead-wood knees, the top pieces of dead-wood fore and aft, shaped so as to fasten the keel to the stem and stern.
By Henry Percy Smith
