load water line

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load water line - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Load \Load\ (l[=o]d), n. [OE. lode load, way; properly the same
     word as lode, but confused with lade, load, v. See Lade,
     Lead, v., Lode.]
     1. A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for
        conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight;
        as, a heavy load.
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              He might such a load
              To town with his ass carry.           --Gower.
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     2. The quantity which can be carried or drawn in some
        specified way; the contents of a cart, barrow, or vessel;
        that which will constitute a cargo; lading.
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     3. That which burdens, oppresses, or grieves the mind or
        spirits; as, a load of care. " A . . . load of guilt."
        --Ray. " Our life's a load." --Dryden.
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     4. A particular measure for certain articles, being as much
        as may be carried at one time by the conveyance commonly
        used for the article measured; as, a load of wood; a load
        of hay; specifically, five quarters.
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     5. The charge of a firearm; as, a load of powder.
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     6. Weight or violence of blows. [Obs.] --Milton.
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     7. (Mach.) The work done by a steam engine or other prime
        mover when working.
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     8. The amount of work that a person, group, or machine is
        assigned to perform; as, the boss distributed the load
        evenly among his employees.
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     9. (Elec.) The device or devices that consume power from a
        power supply.
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     10. (Engineering) The weight or force that a structural
         support bears or is designed to bear; the object that
         creates that force.
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     Load line, or Load water line (Naut.), the line on the
        outside of a vessel indicating the depth to which it sinks
        in the water when loaded.
  
     Syn: Burden; lading; weight; cargo. See Burden.
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  Water line \Wa"ter line`\
     1. (Shipbuilding) Any one of certain lines of a vessel,
        model, or plan, parallel with the surface of the water at
        various heights from the keel.
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     Note: In a half-breadth plan, the water lines are outward
           curves showing the horizontal form of the ship at their
           several heights; in a sheer plan, they are projected as
           straight horizontal lines.
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     2. (Naut.) Any one of several lines marked upon the outside
        of a vessel, corresponding with the surface of the water
        when she is afloat on an even keel. The lowest line
        indicates the vessel's proper submergence when not loaded,
        and is called the light water line; the highest, called
        the load water line, indicates her proper submergence
        when loaded.
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     Water-line model (Shipbuilding), a model of a vessel formed
        of boards which are shaped according to the water lines as
        shown in the plans and laid upon each other to form a
        solid model.
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