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Term	Definition
Gingerbread	Gilded carving and scroll work decorating the hulls of ships.

Gird	To haul in or bind something together in order to create more space.

Girdle	Additional thickness of planking on a wooden ship about her waterline to give the vessel more stability.

Girth	The measurement around the body of a ship. The half girth is taken from the center line of the keel to the upper deck beam end.

Give-Way Vessel	A term, from the Navigational Rules, used to describe the vessel which must yield to the "Stand-on Vessel" in meeting, crossing, or overtaking situations. also known as the Burdened Vessel

Glass	In the days of tall ships the barometer was a glass vessel with a thin stem. The fluid in the glass (in most cases water) would move up and down the stem as the pressure of the surrounding atmosphere changed. These movements were used to predict changes in the weather. also the seaman's name for a telescope.