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The three masts of a ship are known as "fore," "main," and "mizzen." To go from masts to sails, we have "duck" from the Swedish duk, and "canvas" from the Mediterranean languages, from the root canna, a cane or reed, thence a cloth of reeds or rushes, a mat-sail, hence any sail. Of the ends of a ship, "stern" is from the Saxon stearn, steering-place; "stem," from the German stamm.
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