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	Same as the upper deck.
	Sometimes a light deck fitted over the upper deck.
(Naut.)	the upper deck of a vessel; especially, in a frigate, the deck which is continued in a straight line from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, and on which spare spars are usually placed. See under Deck.

See also: Deck Deck Spar

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