NEAPED. When a ship wants water so that she cannot get out of the harbour, off the ground, or out of the dock, the seamen say she is neaped, or be-neaped.
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NEAPED. When a ship wants water so that she cannot get out of the harbour, off the ground, or out of the dock, the seamen say she is neaped, or be-neaped.