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Seamanship: And Its Associated Duties in the Royal Navy: Together with a ... Alfred Henry Alston No preview available - 2015 |
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Common terms and phrases
abaft anchor angle beam bearing bend bight Bills of Lading block boat bolt boom bowline bowsprit brace breadth bring cable capstan cargo casks centre chain Charter-party clewlines cringle cubic deck demurrage diameter distance Ditto downhaul dunnage fathoms feet fitted foot fore foremost gantline halyards hawser head head sails heave heel helm hitch hoist hole hook inches jib-boom keep knot lanyard lashed length let go lower luff main yard mainmast mainsail mast mast-head mizen nettles passed pendant pinnace port purchase quarter reef reeve rigging rope round round seizing rove rudder sail sail-tackle secured seizing sennit shackle sheet ship ship's shore shroud side slings slip spanker spar splice square standing starboard stay staysail stern stowed strain strop studding-sail tack tackle thimble toggle tons top-gallant topmast topsail turn upper vessel weather weight wind yard-arm
Popular passages
Page 177 - ... show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 10 points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to 2 points abaft the beam on the port side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least 2 miles. (d) The said green and red...
Page 230 - Here die I, Richard Grenville, with a joyful and quiet mind, for that I have ended my life as a true soldier ought to do, that hath fought for his country, queen, religion, and honour...
Page 254 - The friction must be continued under the blanket or over the dry clothing. Promote the warmth of the body by the application of hot flannels, bottles, or bladders of hot water, heated bricks, &c., to the pit of the stomach, the arm-pits, between the thighs, and to the soles of the feet.
Page 368 - I have found, by a strict and diligent observation, that a due observance of the duty of this day, hath ever had joined to it a blessing upon the rest of my time ; and the week, that hath been so begun, hath been blessed and prosperous to me...
Page 515 - ... (the act of God, the Queen's enemies, fire, and all and every other dangers and accidents of the seas, rivers, and navigation of whatever nature and kind soever excepted) unto , or assigns, he or they paying freight for the said goods , with primage, and average accustomed.
Page 228 - Revenge, and made divers attempts, hoping to force her by the multitudes of their armed soldiers...