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" Broadside; a discharge of all the guns on one side of a ship, both above and below. "
The New American Practical Navigator: Being an Epitome of Navigation ... - Page 229
by Nathaniel Bowditch - 1826 - 617 pages
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The New Practical Navigator: Being a Complete Epitome of Navigation: to ...

John Hamilton Moore - Nautical astronomy - 1810 - 662 pages
...her sails a-back on that bide which was the Iceside, it in called BUISOING BY THE LEE. Broai'side. A discharge of all the guns on one side of a ship both above and below. Uml.cH-baik'tl, or luig'd. The state of a ship which is so loosened in her frame as to drop at each...
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A pocket encyclopędia, or library of general knowledge, Volumes 1-4

Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 462 pages
...lowing field-plants by scattering the seed, and so called in contradistinction to the drill husbandry. BROADSIDE, a discharge of all the guns on one side of a ship at the same time. BROCADE or Brocado, a stuff of gold, silver, or silk raised and euriched with flowers,...
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Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopędia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory ..., Volume 2

John Mason Good - 1813 - 764 pages
...coast of the county of Mayo. Long. 9. 42 W. Greenwich. Lat. 64. 17 M. BROADSIDE, in the sea-language, a discharge of all the guns on one side of a ship at the same time. A broadside is a kind of volley of cannon, and ought never to be given at a distance...
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New American Practical Navigator

Nautical astronomy - 1821 - 708 pages
...are all taken a-back on the weather side, she is said to broach to. If, -on the contrary, her head declines so far eastward as to lay her sails aback...the lee. Broadside. A discharge of all the guns on nnc side of a ship both above and below, Broken backed. The state of a ship which is so loosened in...
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The New American Practical Navigator: Being an Epitome of Navigation ...

Nathaniel Bowditch - Nautical astronomy - 1826 - 764 pages
...lay her sails aback on that side which was the lie »idc, it u called bringing by t/ie let. KruUndc. A discharge of all the guns on one side of a ship both above and below. froten bofked. The state of a ship which is so loosened in her from« as to drop at еасй end: /?•,...
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A Dictionary of General Knowledge: Or, An Explanation of Words and Things ...

George Crabb - Industrial arts - 1830 - 384 pages
...resting her left arm on a shield. Also a species of ware made of block tin. BROADSIDE. A sea term, for a discharge of all the guns on one side of a ship. BROADSWORD. A sword with a broad blade, chiefly designed for cutting. BROCADE. A kind of stuff or cloth...
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A Family Encyclopaedia: Or, An Explanation of Words and Things Connected ...

George Crabb - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 426 pages
...their medals under the figure of a female resting her left arm on a shield. BROADSIDE. A sea term, for a discharge of all the guns on one side of a ship. BROADSWORD. A sword with a broad blade, chiefly designed for cutting. BROCADE. A kind of stuff or cloth...
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A Dictionary for Primary Schools

Noah Webster - English language - 1838 - 356 pages
...a scattering of seed. Broa4-eloth, n. a woolen cloth. BRO 41 i Broad-nee*, n. width. Broad-side, n. a discharge of -all the guns on one side of a ship at once, [a broad blade. Broad-awOrd, n. a ewnrd with' Bro-eade, n. silk stuff variegated with gold...
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The Scientific and Literary Treasury: A New and Popular Encyclopedia of the ...

Samuel Maunder - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1843 - 914 pages
...horticulture, shelters on the north side of melon beds where walls arc wanting. BROAD'SIDE, a sea term, for a discharge of all the guns on one side of a ship. In printing, one full page printed on one side of a whole sheet of paper ; of which a posting-bill...
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Life on the Ocean: Or Twenty Years at Sea: Being the Personal Adventures of ...

George Little - Sailors' writings, American - 1844 - 426 pages
...windward of the ship's course, so as to present her side to the wind, and endanger her oversetting. Broadside. — A discharge of all the guns on one side of a ship, both above and below. By the wind- — The course of a ship as near as possible to the direction of the wind. Buntlines....
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