1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Poop

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1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 22
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​POOP (Lat. puppis, stern), the stern or after-part of a ship; in the 16th and 17th centuries a lofty and castellated deck. The verb “to poop ” is used of a wave breaking over the stern of a vessel.

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