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a·baft
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spencer
Charles, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, 1674–1722, British statesman: prime minister 1718–21. -
headrail
a railing on a sailing vessel, extending forward from abaft the bow to the back of the figurehead. -
pusher
a person or thing that pushes. -
ringtail
any phalanger of the genus Pseudocheirus, having the prehensile tail curled into a ring. -
skeg
a projection supporting a rudder at its lower end, located abaft a sternpost or rudderpost. -
spanker
Nautical. a fore-and-aft sail on the aftermost lower mast of a sailing vessel having three or more masts. a designation given to the mast abaft a mizzenmast, usually the aftermost mast in any vessel.