The Midshipman's Or British Mariner's Vocabulary: Being a Universal Dictionary of Technical Terms and Sea Phrases Used in the Construction, Equipment, Management and Military Operations of a Ship |
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Common terms and phrases
abaft anchor applied beam block boat bolt-rope bolts boom bowsprit braces cable called cannon canvas capstern cask close hauled crew cringle dead-eyes deck direction distance edge employed extended fastened fixed flag fleet fore fore-mast fore-sail forecastle formed furled futtock-shrouds gaff guns harbour hauled hawse head heaving helm hoisted holes hook horizon implies iron keel KNOT laniard main-mast main-sail mast mast-head mizen name given navigated Navy oakum oars officer particular passing piece of timber planks port Post CAPTAIN prevent reef rigging rope rope-yarns round Royal Navy rudder running rigging sail sailors seamen sheets ship's bottom ship's course ship's side shore shot shrouds situation sloops sort spliced standing rigging stay stay-sails stem stern stern-post studding sails tack tackle tide top-gallant top-mast top-sail TRANSOM turn upper usually vessel weather whereby wind windlass windward XEBEC yard yard-arms