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Glossary terms A–Z definitions
A
Accelerate
Get faster and faster
Acid
A sour substance
B
Balanced
Equal to each other
Base
Substances such as baking soda or oven cleaner
Bow
Front of the boat
Brittle
Easily broken
C
Capsizing
Tipping over
Cochineal
Red food colouring
D
Decelerate
Slow down
Deteriorate
Fall apart
Double-hull
Two boats joined together
G
Gunwales
Topmost planking of a wooden boat
I
Identification keys
A method for finding out the names of living things
Indicators
Substance that changes colour when an acid or base is added
Iron-tannate dye
Iron-tannate inks were used for drawing and writing before the invention of modern inks. After many years the paper falls apart and holes appear in the paper where the ink used to be
Isolation
Without any help from overseas
K
Keels
Part of a boat that runs along the length of the hull from the front of the boat to the back
L
Liquid
Substances that are easy to pour such as water
M
Motion
Movement
N
Neutral
Neither an acid nor a base
Nymphs
Young insects which eventually change into adults
O
Opposing
Trying to stop
Outrigger
A stabiliser for a canoe
P
Potassium carbonate
White powder found in ash, that reacts or behaves similarly to baking soda
Predictions
Making a guess about that might happen in the future
R
Resultant
Overall
S
Sapwood
The woody part of the tree under the bark
Solid
Substances that cannot be poured such as ice
Solution
A liquid which has something dissolved in it
Stern
Back of the boat
T
Tāniko
Borders
Tannin
A brown substance found in tea and in the bark of trees
Thwarts
Cross pieces of a boat that spread the gunwales
U
Unbalanced
Not equal to each other