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Texas (nautical)
A texas is a deckhouse immediately below the pilothouse
of a straight-deck freighter. It is named Texas because [1] Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield,
Texas was at one time the largest state, and the captain’s Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Incorporated,
cabin is usually the largest cabin. Other areas were also 2005, http://www.merriam-webster.com/
named for states.[1] dictionary/texas, retrieved 2008-05-05
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