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A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon lone is run out when the whale darts off.

• Piecework
  Work done by the piece or job; work paid for at a rate based on the amount of work done, rather than on the time employed.
• Roundlet
  A little circle.
• Sternebrae
  of Sternebra
• Sternsman
  A steersman.
• Timbermen
  of Timberman
• ROUNDUP
  The act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around them and driving them in. [Western U.S.]
• Roundly
  In a round form or manner.
• Sternebra
  One of the segments of the sternum.
• Sternson
  The end of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted; -- called also stern knee.
• Timberman
  A man employed in placing supports of timber in a mine.
• Rounded
  of Round
• Roundness
  The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc.
• Sterned
  Having a stern of a particular shape; -- used in composition; as, square-sterned.
• Timberwork
  Work made of timbers.
• STERNWHEEL
  Having a paddle wheel at the stern; as, a stern-wheel steamer.
• Harpoon
  A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun.

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