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dead rise

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dead rise [¦ded ¦rīz]
(naval architecture)
The vertical distance between the bottom of a vessel's keel and the intersection of a line drawn along the bottom of a vessel's midship section with a vertical line tangent to the widest part of the underwater body. Also known as rise of bottom; rise of floor.


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This be the castle's crypt," whispered Joan; "and they do say that strange happenings occur here in the still watches of the night, and that when the castle sleeps the castle's dead rise from their coffins and shake their dry bones.
 
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