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Slip-way.


Shipbuilding.) One of the pair of parallel, inclined platforms of timber, firmly founded on the floor of the slip and kept steady in their positions by shores. Their inclination varies from 1 in 12 for small ships to 1 in 24 for the largest. The breadth may be 4 feet and under, according to the size of the vessel. See launch.

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