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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. See Plimsoll mark.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Nautical, a line drawn on the side of a vessel to show the depth to which a suitable or allowable load will cause her to sink in the water. Among English seamen known as Plimsoll's mark. See mark.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Naut.) the line on the outside of a vessel indicating the depth to which it sinks in the water when loaded.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded

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  1. telpherage
  2. peak
  3. free-board
  1. discharger
  2. water line
  3. breast-shore
  1. Plimsoll mark
  2. center of flotation
  3. snubbing-pitch
  1. load line
  2. windlass
  3. draw
  1. entrance
  2. excavator
  3. indicator
  1. underbody
  2. warping-cone

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