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CABIN to To CALK, or CAULK

CALL to CANNON

CANNON to CANOE

CANOE to To rig the CAPSTERN

Surge the CAPSTERN to CARPENTER of a ship

CARTEL to CATS-PAW

CAULKING to CHANNEL

CHANNELS to CHEARLY

CHEEKS of the mast to CLINCH

CLINCHER-WORK to COASTING-PILOT

COAT to COLLIERS

COLOURS to COMPASS

COMPASSING to COVE

COUNTER to CRAWL
COUNTER
COUNTER-BRACING
COURSE
Oblique COURSE
COURSES
CRAB
CRADLE
CRAFT
CRANK
CRAWL

CREEPER to CROW-FOOT

CROWNING to CUT-WATER


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COURSE

COURSE, (route, Fr.) in navigation, the angle contained between the nearest meridian and that point of the compass upon which a ship sails in any particular direction.


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