The Seaman's Friend: Containing a Treatise on Practical Seamanship, with Plates; a Dictionary of Sea Terms; Customs and Usages of the Merchant Service; Laws Relating to the Practical Duties of Master and Mariners |
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aback abaft able seaman aloft anchor backstays bend bight boat boom bowline bowsprit brace buntlines cable called cargo cast centre chief mate clew clewlines crew cross-trees dead-eyes deck downhaul duty fast fore and main fore-and-aft forecastle forfeits forward furling gaff Gilpin halyards hands hawser head yards headway heave hitch hoist hook iron keel keep knot larboard leech leeward let go lift light sails luff mainsail Mason mast-head master mizzen officer ordinary seaman owner pass passengers Pieces of timber PLATE port reef-tackles reefing reeve rigging rope round rove royal rudder second mate seized sennit sheave sheet ship ship's shroud side single block skysail slack spanker spar splice spunyarn standing starboard stay staysail stern stern-post stowed studdingsail Sumner tack tackle thimble topgallant mast topgallant sail topmast topsail turns vessel voyage wages watch weather wind windward yard-arm yarns