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BACK of the post to BALANCE of the mizen
BALANCE of the boom sail to BARK
BARNACLE to BEAMS
BEAMS to BED of a river
BED of a cannon to BIGHT
BED of a cannon
BELAY
BEND
To BEND
BENDING the cable
BENDING a sail
BENDS
BETWEEN DECKS
BEVELLING
BIGHT
BILANDER to BLACK-STRAKES
BLADE to Trim the BOAT!
To bale the BOAT to BOLT-ROPE
BOMB to BOTTOM
BOTTOM to BOX-HAULING
BOXING to To BREAK-UP
BREAK-WATER to BRIDLES of the bowline
BRIG, or BRIGANTINE to Ship-BUILDING
Ship-BUILDING to BUNTINE
BUNTLINES to BUTTONS
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BELAY
To BELAY, (amarrer, Fr. from beleygen, Beig.) to fasten a rope by winding it several times round a cleat, belaying-pin, or kevel: this term is peculiar to small ropes, and chiefly the running-rigging, there being several other expressions used for large ropes, as bitting, bending, making fast, stopping, &c. See those articles.
© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 34, 2004 Published by South Seas, using the Web Academic Resource Publisher
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