What is the pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging called?
labor — (Naut.) The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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