 | J. J. Moore - English language - 1805 - 300 pages
...to the extremity of the keel, and the other end of it which is incurvated upwards into a sort of a knee, is attached to . the lower end of the stem ; it is also called a grifie. KOR F. hoeki, the same with HUE AST-hoots, which see. FoRt-land, a cape or promontory projecting... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 752 pages
...it is connected by a scarf to the extremity of the keel, and the other end of it which is mcurvatcd upwards into a sort of knee, is attached to the lower end of the stem ; it is also called a gripe. FORE/OOÍ, in the sea-language, signifies one ship's lying, or sailing, across another's way : as if... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1809 - 700 pages
...it is connected by a scarf to the extremity of the keel, and the other end of it which is incurvated upwards into a sort of knee, is attached to the lower end of the stem ; it is also called a gripe. FORE foot, in the sea-languasje, signifies one ship's lying, or sailing, across another's way : as... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1819 - 406 pages
...is connected by a scarf to the extremity of the keel, and the other end of it, which is incurvated upwards into a sort of knee, is attached to the lower end of the stern ; it is also called a gripe. FORE foot, in the sea-language, signifies one ship's lying, or sailing,... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1819 - 408 pages
...is connected by a scarf to the extremity of the keel, and the other end of it, which is incurvated upwards into a sort of knee, is attached to the lower end of the stern ; it is also called a gripe. FORE foot, in the sea-language, signifies one ship's lying, or sailing,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 822 pages
...the extremity of the keel, of which it makes a part ; and the other end of it, which is incurvated upwards into a sort of knee, is attached to the lower end of the stem ; of which it also makes a part, being also called the gripe. FORE'FRONT, nt Fore and front. The anterior... | |
 | Herbert B. Mason - Naval art and science - 1908 - 752 pages
...lower end. It is connected by a scarf to the extremity of the keel and the other end, which, incurvated upwards into a sort of knee, is attached to the lower end of the stem. Also an imaginary line of the ship's course or direction. Foreign-going ships include every ship employed... | |
 | David Wilson-Barker - Navigation - 1909 - 302 pages
...incurvated upwards into a sort of knee, is scarphed to the lower end of the stem ; it is also called the gripe. As the lower arm of the fore-foot lies on the...the dimensions of those pieces, and the heel of the cut- water is scarphed to its upper end, 180 ELEMENTARY SEAMANSHIP Forthering is usually practised... | |
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VoKEfont, in ship-building, a piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore-end ; it is connected by a scarf to the extremity of the keel, and the other end of it which is incurvated upwards into a sort of knee, is attached to the lower end of... 