■ Falfi. KEEL, a «rong, thick piece of timber, bolted to the mainked
m prefer«! its iewer-fide- -i
KNEE & crooked piece of timber, having two branches or arms and
generally Uftd to conned the beams of a Ihip with her fides or timbers. T
L.
LAGOON, a lake. ..
LARBOARD, the left fide of a flup when the eye of a fpeftator is
Bi'rtfted forward.
LASHING a piece of rope employed to fallen or fecnre any move-
able body .in lihip, o r about her mails, fails, and rigging; M jth e a ft'
of'fattening or fecuring any thing by means of the rope nfed for tins
PULOG a machine ufed to meafure the ihtp’ s head-way, or the rate of
her velocity as Ihe advances through the fea. It is compofed of a reel
■ and iihe to which Is fixed a fmail piece of wood, forming the quadrant
of a circle.0 The term % however is more particularly applied to the
Jatter ' Thé tog, is generally about a quarter of an inch thick, and five
or fix inches from the angular point, to the circumference. It g balanced
by a thin plate of lead, nailed-upon the arch, fp.as. tqfwun perpendicularly
in the water, with about f impreffed under thefurface. I he
iineisffaflened to the log by means of twó legs, one of which paffes
through a hole at the corner, and is knotted on the oppofite fide; whilft
the' other leg Is artachedto the arch by a pin, fixed in another hole, fo, as
to draw out occafionally. By thefe leg? the log, | hung in equilibyio,
and-the fine,-which is uriited to it, is divided into certain fpace?,, which
are in proportion To an equal number o f geographical miles,, as ahalf
minute or quarter minute is to an hour of time. _
LUG-SAIL, a fquare fail, hoifted,occafiönally on the maft of h boat,
or fmail veffd, upon a yard which hangs nearly at, right angles with, the
ma^» .. .
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to MAKE the Uriel, Is to difcover itfrofli a- dlftallt filiation, in con*
fequence of approaching it after a féa-voyage.
Ml ZEN, the aftermoft of hihdmoft ofthC fiked fails of a Ihip.
hhOORIf«J|
MOORING, the aft of confining and fecuring a ihip in a particular
ftation, by chains or cables,- which are either , fattened to the adjacent
there, or to anchors in the bottom.
N.
' NEAPED, the fituation of a ihip which-is left aground on the height
of a fpring-tide, fo that ihe cannot be floated off till the return of the
next fpring.
OFFING, implies out at fea; or at a competent diftance from the
ihore, and generally out of anchor-ground.
OPEN, is expreffed of any diftant object, to which the fight or paf-
fage is, not intercepted-by fomething lying, or; coming, between. Thus,
to be open with any place, is to be oppofite to it; as the entry of a
port, road, or haven.
OVER-HAULING, the aft of opening and extending the feveral
parts of a tackle, or; other affemblage of ropes,, communicating with
blocks, or dead-eyes. It is ufed to remove thole blocks to a fufficient
diftance from each other, that they maybe again placed. In a ftate of
aftion, fo as to produce the effeft required.
P.
PAINTER, a rope employed to fallen a boat either alonglide of the
ihip to which ihe belongs, or to feme wharf or key.
PALM of the anchor, the fame with fluke, the broad barbed ends^ef
the two arms at the bottom of the fhank.
PARCELING, certain long narrow flips of canvas, daubed .with,,tar,
and frequently bound about a rope, in the fame manner as bandages aj;e
applied to a broken limb in furgery.
To PAY, to daub or anoint the furface of any body, in order to pre- .
ferve it ,from the injuries of the water and weather, &c. . , Jj
PORTS, the embrafures or openings in the fide of a ihip of war,
wherein the artillery is ranged in battery upon . the decks. above and
below. -
H a l f -ports, are what flops that part of the port which when t e
gun is puflled out is left open. ,
PURCHASE, any mechanical power employed in raffing or removing
heavy bodies, or in fixing or extending the fhip’s rigging.
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