Examples
“The width of the boilers might be particularly important because it would determine the deadrise at floor in the hull.”
“Since the _Savannah_ is known to have sailed quite fast for her length, her lines had to equal those of the _Ohio_; however, her smaller size and other factors indicated a somewhat different hull-form, with harder turn of the bilge and a little less deadrise.”
“The wide aft decks and what appears to be minimum deadrise aft create a very stable working platform to launch and deploy "toys".”
“Clean the Bay Day was a 45-foot sunken deadrise in Sunset Creek in Hampton.”
“Bay cleaners remove sunken 45-foot deadrise in Hampton”
“For more environment and science news, visit the Daily Press blog, The Deadrise, at dailypress. com/deadrise or visit”
“For more science and environment news, visit the Daily Press blog, The Deadrise, at dailypress. com/deadrise”
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“Virginia Marine Resources Commission police officer who responded to the collision said the deadrise was anchored when the barge hit it and began to push it under the water.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘deadrise’.
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Out to Sea
If I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Me upon my pony on my boat.boat, ship, skiff, barge, canoe, catamaran, yacht, scow, lifeboat, launch, ketch, dory and 303 more...
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Nautical Words
lubber, mizzenmast, circumnavigation, clipper, cordage, galleon, gangplank, gangway, flying bridge, following sea, schooner, amidships and 106 more...
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Compounds That Look Freakish
You know who you are, freakish compounds. Though very useful, some of these words just don't seem right together--or, their meanings are so far from what the two (or more) component words suggest t...
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Shipbuilding
metacenter, baseline, beam, bilge, bilge keel, bilge strake, boot-topping, bossing, breasthook, bow thruster, bulwark, buttock line and 23 more...
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Maritime
Nautilusty
abaft, navalis, coastal, nautical, marine, sea, sea-going, Occident, Orient, trans-Atlantic, amidships, transom and 28 more...
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palooka Great word! Oct 29, 2007
chained_bear A deadrise is the measurement of the angle between the bottom of a boat and its widest beam. A zero-degree deadrise is a flat bottom; high numbers indicate deep V-shaped hulls.
A Chesapeake Bay deadrise, however, is a certain type of boat. I didn't know about deadrise being a general measurement when I added this word. Learn somethin' every day. Oct 28, 2007