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L To LABOUR to LAND-FALL LAND-LOCKED to LASHING LATEEN-SAIL to LEE-SIDE LATEEN-SAIL LAYING THE LAND LEAK LEAKY LEDGES LEDGE LEE LEE-LARCHES 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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LATEEN-SAIL to LEE-SIDELATEEN-SAILLATEEN-SAIL, a long triangular sail extended by a lateen-yard, and frequently used by xebecs, polacres, settees, and other vessels navigated in the Mediterranean sea.LAYING THE LANDLAYING THE LAND, in navigation, the state of motion which increases the distance from the coast, so as to make it appear lower and smaller; a circumstance which evidently arises from the intervening convexity of the surface of the lea. It is used in contradistinction to raising the land, which is produced by the opposite motion of approach towards it.
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