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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Berthing  \Berth"ing\,  n.  (Naut.) 
  The  planking  outside  of  a  vessel,  above  the  sheer  strake. 
  --Smyth. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Berth  \Berth\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Berthed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Berthing}.] 
  1.  To  give  an  anchorage  to  or  a  place  to  lie  at  to  place  in 
  a  berth;  as  she  was  berthed  stem  to  stern  with  the 
  Adelaide. 
 
  2.  To  allot  or  furnish  berths  to  on  shipboard;  as  to  berth 
  a  ship's  company.  --Totten. 




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