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The act or process of daubing a vessel's bottom near the surface of the water with a mixture of tallow, sulphur, and resin, as a temporary protection against worms, after the slime, shells, etc., have been scraped off.

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  1. n. The act or process of daubing a vessel's bottom near the surface of the water with a mixture of tallow, sulphur, and resin, as a temporary protection against worms, after the slime, shells, etc., have been scraped off.
  2. n. Sheathing a vessel with planking over felt.
  3. 1. (Naut.) The act or process of daubing a vessel's bottom near the surface of the water with a mixture of tallow, sulphur, and resin, as a temporary protection against worms, after the slime, shells, etc., have been scraped off. 2. (Naut.) Sheathing a vessel with planking over felt.
  4. The act or process of daubing a vessel's bottom near thesurface of the water with a mixture of tallow, sulphur, and resin, asa temporary protection against worms, after the slime, shells, etc.,have been scraped off.
  5. n. The act or process of daubing a vessel's bottom near the surface of the water with a mixture of tallow, sulphur, and resin, as a temporary protection against worms, after the slime, shells, etc., have been scraped off. n. Sheathing a vessel with planking over felt.