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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

POOPING

n.The shock of a heavy sea on the stern or quarter of a ship, when scudding in a tempest; also, the action of one ship's running her stem against another's stern.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

POOPING

POOPING Poop "ing, n. (Naut. )

 

Defn: The act or shock of striking a vessel's stern by a following wave or vessel.