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for Gunnel
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Gunnel \Gun"nel\, n. [See Gunwale.]
1. A gunwale.
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2. (Zool.) A small, eel-shaped, marine fish of the genus
Mur[ae]noides; esp., M. gunnellus of Europe and
America; -- called also gunnel fish, butterfish, rock
eel.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Gunwale \Gun"wale\, n. [Gun + wale. So named because the upper
guns were pointed from it.] (Naut.)
The upper edge of a vessel's or boat's side; the uppermost
wale of a ship (not including the bulwarks); or that piece of
timber which reaches on either side from the quarter-deck to
the forecastle, being the uppermost bend, which finishes the
upper works of the hull. [Written also gunnel.]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
gunnel
n 1: wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a
wooden vessel [syn: gunwale, gunnel, gun rest]
2: small eellike fishes common in shallow waters of the northern
Atlantic [syn: gunnel, bracketed blenny]
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