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Look up: Careen

  1. Careen
    Naval To beach a ship and list her so as to expose her bottom for the marine growth to be scraped off. The word comes from an old French word "Carine" meaning the bottom of a ship.
    Found on http://www.britishempire.co.uk/glossary/

  2. careen
    [v] - move sideways or in an unsteady way, as of a ship or a vehicle out of control
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. careen
    Deliberately to incline a vessel over on to one side,for cleaning,caulking,repair,etc. Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Careen
    Ca·reen" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Careened ; present participle & verbal noun Careening .] [ Old French cariner , French caréner , from Old French carène , the bottom of a ship, keel, from Latin carina .] (Nautical) To cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on one side …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/25

  5. Careen
    Ca·reen" intransitive verb To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/25

  6. careen
    verb move sideways or in an unsteady way; `The ship careened out of control`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. Careen
    • (v. t.) To cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on one side, leaving the other side out of water and accessible for repairs below the water line; to case to be off the keel. • (v. i.) To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. careen
    (from the article `harbours and sea works`) ...no particular problem and can generally be given maintenance care without putting the dock out of use. The most vulnerable areas, those ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/24

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5 December 2008

This day in history:
On 5th December 1872 a crewman on watch on board the British ship Dei Gratia sighted vessel that seemed to be in distress. Three seamen lowered the Dei Gratia's small boat and rowed across to the troubled craft to offer assistance. They hauled themselves over the ship's rails and dropped onto the deck; save for the sound of the wind in the sails and the eerie creaking of the ship's timbers, there was not a sound. The seamen searched the ship from stem to stern and found her to be in excellent condition, but there was not a soul on board. Her crew had disappeared. The name of the ship was Mary Celeste. read more

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