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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical, an aperture in the after end of the quarter-deck, immediately over the propeller, covered with a small hatch, and found on vessels fitted with a hoisting propeller, the latter being lifted and lowered by means of a tackle after being disconnected from the shaft.
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