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DITY


  Do It Yourself  
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Airdale


    Slang, a naval aviator.  
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Highline


  The line stretch between ship underway on which a trolley block travels back and forth for transfer of material and personnel.  
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ladder


    A shipboard flight of steps. In a ship, corresponds to stairs in a building.    
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Landing Craft


  Vessel especially designed for landing troops and equipment directly on a beach.  
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lanyard


  (1) Any short line used as a handle or as a means for operating some piece of equipment; (2) a line used to attach an article to the person, as a pistol lanyard.  
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lash


  To secure an object by turns of line, wire, or chain.  
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lashing


  Line, wire, or chain used to lash an article.  
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launch


  (1) To float a vessel off the ways in a building yard; (2) a powerboat, usually over 30 feet long.  
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Lay


  (1) Movement of a person, as "Lay aloft"; (2) to put something down, as to lay title; (3) the direction of twist if the strands in a lines or wire.  
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