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L To LABOUR to LAND-FALL LAND-LOCKED to LASHING LAND-LOCKED LANGREL, or LANGRAGE LANIARD LANTHORN LAP-SIDED LARBOARD LARBOARD-WATCH LARGE LARGE, Sailing LASHING LATEEN-SAIL to LEE-SIDE LEEWARD-SHIP to LIE ALONG LIE TO to LIMBER-BOARDS LIMBER-ROPE to LOG-BOOK LONG-BOAT to LUFF LUFF-TACKLE to LYING-TO in a storm Search Contact us
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LARGELARGE, a phrase applied to understand this more clearly, let us suppose a ship steering west; then the wind, in any point of the compass to the eastward of the south or north, may be called large, unless indeed when it is directly east, and then it is said to be right aft.the wind, when it crosses the line of a ship's course in a favourable direction, particularly on the beam or quarter. To
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