dumb craftn.
(a) In some places = dumb barge n. (b) More particularly, A heavy boat, hulk, or ‘hopper’ without sail or propelling power, used for weighing up and raising sunken ships, or heavy matter from the sea-bottom or river-bed. (So in regular use on the Tyne.) (c) ‘An instrument somewhat similar to the screw-jack, having wheels and pinions which protrude a ram, the point of which communicates the power.’ (Ogilvie.) ? Scottish.
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1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Dumb-craft, lighters, lamps, or punts, not having sails. Also, a name for the screws used for lifting a ship on a slip.
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