sny, ox-bow

[Mark Odegard]

From
http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~morris3/SteelSWVMLex.html

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SNYING.
A term applied to planks when their edges round or curve upwards. The great
sny occasioned in full bows or buttocks is only to be prevented by
introducing steelers.
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The above URL is a goldmine of [archaic?] shipbuilding terms.


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