The Sailor's Word-book: An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, Including Some More Especially Military and Scientific ... as Well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, Etc |
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abaft admiralty anchor ancient angle Anglo-Saxon applied archaism arms backstays beam block boat body bolt-rope bolted boom bottom bowline bowsprit cable called canvas capstan captain cargo carry casks coast command crew deck distance duty ecliptic fastened feet fire fish fitted fleet fore forecastle formerly fortification futtock-shrouds gale gunwale harbour haul head heaving hoisted holes hook horizon iron keel land lower mainsail man-of-war marine mast means motion name given nautical nautical star naval naval architecture navigation navy oakum oars officer old term old word passing planks port prevent rabbet reef rigging river rope round royal royal navy rudder running rigging sail scarphed seamen secured ship ship's side shore shot spar square standing stars staysail stern Synonymous tack tackle tide timber topmast upper usually vessel voyage weather whale wind windlass windward wood yards
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Page 54 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them, the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Page 61 - I'd divide, And burn in many places ; on the topmast, The yards and bowsprit, would I flame distinctly, Then meet, and join. Jove's lightnings, the precursors O...
Page 278 - To frap a ship (ceintrer un vaisseau) is to pass four or five turns of a large cablelaid rope round the hull or frame of a ship, to support her in a great storm, or otherwise, when it is apprehended that she is not strong enough to resist the violent efforts of the sea. This expedient, however, is rarely put in practice.
Page 208 - DISPART, the difference between the semidiameter of the base ring, at the breech of a gun, and that of the ring at the swell of the muzzle. On account of the dispart, the line of aim...
Page 119 - All other Crimes not capital, committed by any Person or Persons in the Fleet, which are not mentioned in this Act, or for which no Punishment is hereby directed to be inflicted, shall be punished according to the Laws and Customs in such Cases used at Sea.
Page 81 - ... in safety, then he shall receive back his principal, and also the premium or interest agreed upon, however it may exceed the legal rate of interest.
Page 351 - SalHila of botanists. (3) [A small vessel, usually rigged as a sloop, and employed in carrying passengers and goods from one place to another, particularly on the seacoast (4) The name given to ships with a very narrow stern.
Page 9 - The constitution of this court, relatively to the legislative power of the king in council, is analogous to that of the courts of common law, relatively to that of the parliament of this kingdom.
Page 61 - In a balance it is the part from the ends of which the scales are suspended. In a loom it is a cylindrical piece of wood on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also the cylinder on. which the cloth is rolled as it is woven. In...
Page 99 - BULKHEADS, the partitions built up in several parts of a ship, to form and separate the various apartments.