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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In ship-building, a tank formed by partitions or bulkheads cutting off a part of the hold and specially constructed to hold water ballast. See ballast-tank. A midship deep-tank is in the middle of the length; the forepeak and afterpeak tanks, or trimming tanks, are at the ends of the vessel.
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“Initially, semi-solid fermentation was used but this has largely been abandoned and replaced by deep-tank liquid fermentation.”
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Some Ship-building Terms
Ship builders' terms, from stem to stern (these words aren't on the list).
ledge, lay, leveling-block, mold-loft, munnion, planking, planking-clamp, strake, ram-line, ram, rib, ribband and 248 more...
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