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General sailing
Terms used to sail, navigate, and maintain a sail boat.
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up and down
Sailing; General sailing
Vertically. The wind is sometimes said to be up and down the mast, when there is none at all, like Paddy's hurricane.
liner
Sailing; General sailing
An old line of battle ship. Now used to describe a large passenger ship.
gammon iron
Sailing; General sailing
An iron hoop fitted to the side of the stem, or on top of the stem, as a span-shackle, to receive and hold the bowsprit.
raising tacks and sheets
Sailing; General sailing
To lift the clews of lower square sails before tacking or wearing.
hove-to
Sailing; General sailing
The condition of a vessel with her head sails aback, so as to deprive her of way. Vessels hove-to on port tack should fill or get way on, if approached by a vessel on the starboard tack; but if the ...
heave and pawl
Sailing; General sailing
In heaving on the windlass or capstan to give a sort of jerking heave, so that the pawl may be put in, and so prevent "coming up," or the cable flying out again. Also, in heaving on the mast winches ...
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