SURF, the dwell of the Tea which breaks upon the fhore, or any
rock lying near the furface of the water.
SWEEPING, the; aft of dragging the bight, or loofe part of a fmall
rope, along the furface of the ground, in a harbour or road, in. order to
hook and recover fome anchor, wreck, or other material, funk at the
bottom. It is performed by faflening the two ends of this rope to the.
fides of two boats which are abreaft of each other., at fome diftance. To
the middle of the rope are fufpended two cannon fhot, or fomething
which weighs heavy, in order to fink it to the ground : fo that, as the
boats advance by rowing ahead, the rope drags along the bottom, to
hook any thing for which they are fearching.
SWEEPS, are long oars fometimes ufed on board a fhip to pull her
round. —
T.
TACK, a rope ufed to confine the foremoft loweft-corners of thé
courfes and Jlay-faihin a fixed pofition, when the wind crofies the ihip’s.
courfe obliquely. . ; ...
T a c k -ch a in -plates, flrong links or plates of iron, the lower ends of
which are bolted through the fhip’s fide to the timbers, for the purpoih
of holding the rope called a tack.
M a in -T ack, the tack of the main-fail.
TAFFAREL, the upper part of a fhip’s ftern, being a curved piece of
wood, ufually ornamented with fculpture.
TAUGHT, the ftate of being extended or ftretched out. It is ufually
applied to a rope or fail, in oppofition to flack.
TENDING, the movement by which a fhip turns or fwings round her
anchor in a tide-way, at the beginning of the flood or ebb.
THWART, the feat or bench of a boat whereon the rowers fit. to ma,
nage the oars.
TILER, the bar or lever employed to turn, the rudfier i,n fteeringi
TIMBERS,, thé ribs of a fhip.
TRANSOMS, certain beams or timbers extended acrofs the Jlern-pq/f
of a- lliip to fortify her after-part, and give it the figure moil fuitableto.
the fervice for which the is calculated..
TRUSSED
TRUSSEL or TRESTLE-TREES, two flrong bars of timber fixed
horizontally on the oppofite fides of the lower maft-head, to fupport the
frame of the top, and the weight of the top-mail.
TRIM, the ftate or difpofition by which a fhip- is- beft calculated for
the feveral purpofesof navigation.
’. To, TREND, to run off in- a: certain direftion.
TRIPING, the movement by which an anchor is loofened from the-
bottom by its cable or buoy-ropes.
V.
VEERING, the fame as wearing, which fee.
To V eer away the cable, is to flacken it, that it may run out of the fhip.
W.
WAKE, the print or track imprelfed by the courfe of a fliip on the
furface of the water.
WALES, an aflemblage of flrong planks extending alonga fliip’s fide,
throughout her whole length, at different heights, and ferving to reinforce
the decks, and form the curves, by which the veflel appears light
and graceful on the water.
WARP, a fmall rope employed: occafionally to remove a fhip from-
one place to another, in. a port, road or river. And hence
T o Wa r e , is to change the.fituation of a fhip, by pulling her from;
one part of a harbour, &c. to fome other, by means- of warps.
WASH-BOARD, a broad thin, plank, fixed occafionally on the top of
a boat’s fide, fo as to- raife it, and be removed at plfeafure. It is ufed;
to prevent the fea from breaking into the veflel,. particularly when the-
furface is rough.
To- WEATHER, is to-fail to windward of fome lhip, bank, or headland.
To WEAR:, the fame as to veer, to perform the operation by which a;
fillip, in changing her courfe from one board to the other, turns- her ftern:
to windward , it is the oppofite to tacking, in which t-he head is turned,
to the windward and the ftern to the leeward.
WINDLASS, a machine ufed in merchant-fhips to heave up the anchors.
It is a large cylindrical piece of timber., fuppor.ted at the two
q .ends;