water. Amortir L'AIR d'un vaisseau. To stop a ship's way. AJUSTE, s. m. A bend, or knot, by which the ends of two ropes are fastened together. AJUSTER, v. a. To bend or tie two ends of ropes together. ALARGUER. Voyez LARGUEr. ALIDADE, s. f. The index of a quadrant, sexs.f. tant, nocturnal, astrolabe, or any other geometrical instrument used to measure angles or distances. ALIGNER, v. a. To level. Ex. ALIGNEZ la batterie! Level your guns! ALISÉS (vents.) s. m. p. Trade winds. ALLÈGE, s. f. A lighter, pram, or craft. ALLÉGER, . a. To lighten. Ex. ALLÉGER un vaisseau. To lighten a ship, by taking out a part of her lading. ALLEGE le cable! Light up the cable! ALLÉGER un cable. To buoy up a cable. ALLÉGER une écoute, ou une manœuvre. To ease up any sheet or rope. ALLER, v. n. To go, &c. Ex. Où ALLEZ vous? Where are you ALLER à la côte. To run a-shore. ALLER à terre. To go a-shore. bound to? ALLER à la découverte. To go upon the look out. ALLER en course. To cruise against, or in search of ALLER à voiles & à rames. To sail and row. ALLER à la bouline. To stand close-hauled. ALLER de bout à la lame. To bow the sea. ALLER de conserve. To keep company with a ship. The trim of a ship; point of ALMADIE, s. f. An African canoe, usually formed of the bark of a tree. ALONGE, s. f. A futtock, or futtock-timber. 3e 1ere Alonge, 2de alonge, se alonge, 4 alonge. So they call the futtocks of any timber, beginning from the lower futtock, which is called Ge NOU; the next above it takes the name of 1 ere alonge. Ex. 1ere ALONGE. Second futtock. 2 ALONGE. Third futtock, &c. ALONGE de revers. Top-timber. ALONGES de porques. Futtock-riders. ALONGES d'écubiers. Hawse-pieces. ALONGES de cornière. Top-timbers of the fashion piece. ALONGES de poupe. ALONGES de tableau. ALONGER, v. a. Stern-timbers. Taffrail timbers. To lengthen, &c. Ex. ALONGER un vaisseau. To lengthen a ship. ALONGER le cable. To haul up a range of the cable upon the deck ready for anchoring. ALONGER une ancre. To carry out a small anchor. ALONGER un grelin. To carry a warp out of the ship. ALONGER la terre. To coast or sail along shore. ALONGER la vergue de civadiére. To get the spritsail-yard fore and aft under the bowsprit. ALONGER les écoutes des huniers. To stretch along the topsail-sheets. ALONGER un vaisseau. To run a ship along-side of another. AMAN, s. m..ITAGUE; AMAN de drisse. AMARQUE. Voyez BALISE. Tye of a AMARRAGE, s. m. Lashing, or seizing. Ex. poupe. a rope. Ex. A mooring, &c. Ex. A breast-fast. To make fast, seize, or belay AMARRE! Belay! AMARREZ les canons! Secure your guns! AMARRER un vaisseau. To make a ship fast, AMARRER de l'avant et de l'arrière. To moor head and stern. AMATELOTER, v. a. To mess together, to asso ciate as comrades or messmates. AME D'UN GRAND CORDAGE, S. f. The middle strand of a four-stranded rope. AME d'un canon, s. f. The bore of a gun. Voyez CALIBRE. AMENER, o. a. To lower, to strike, &c. Ex. AMENE! Strike! AMENER les perroquets sur le ton. To lower down the topgallant-sails. AMENER une terre. To make the land. AMENER deux amers l'un par l'autre. To bring two Contre-AMIRAL. Voyez CONTRE. Empenneller une ANCRE. To back an anchor. Vaisseau AMIRAL d'une armée navale. The admiral- Mouiller L'Ancre. To anchor. ship of a flect. Vaisseau AMIRAL d'un port. Guard-ship; an old AMORCER un hameçon. To bait a fishing-hook. A vessel which is sewed in a harbour. AMORTIR, v. a. To deaden, to sew. Ex. Ce vaisseau à les AMURES à babord. That ship is on the larboard tack. AMURER, v. a. & n. To haul aboard the tack of the main, or fore-sail. ANCRAGE, s. m. Anchoring place; also An- Droit D'ANCRAGE. Duty of anchorage. Parties de L'ANCRE. Parts of the anchor. La verge. L'œillet. The eye. Les tenons. The nuts. L'organeau. The ring. Le collet. The crown. Les pattes. The palms. Les oreilles. Les bras. The arms. Le bec. The bill. Le jât, ou jouail. The stock. La grand-ANCRE, ou ANCRE de miséricorde. sheet-anchor. Seconde ANCRE. The best bower anchor. Lever L'ANCRE. To hoist or weigh the anchor. anchor. The anchor is a-weigh. To cat an anchor. Dégager L'ANCRE. To clear the anchor. Parer L'ANCRE. To see the anchor clear. ANGES. Voyez Boulets ramés. ANGUILLÈRES, s. f. p. Limbers. Ex. ANGUILLES d'un canon de coursier. The ways on ANGUIS, s. m. Parral truss, in a galley, &c. ANNEAU pour attacher les vaisseaux. A mooring- ANNEAUX de cordes. Grommets. ANNEAUX de fer. Rings, or iron cringles. ANNEAUX d'écoutilles. Hatch-way rings. The ANNEAUX de sabords. Port-rings. ANCHE d'affourche ou de jêt. The small bower anchor. ANSPEC de vindas. Boatswain's handspike. ANSPEC pour le canonnage. Gunner's handspike. ANTENNE, s. f. A lateen-yard. Le vaisseau est A-PIC. The ship is up and down. To peak a yard, APOSTIS, s. m. p. The row-locks of a galley, or more properly the rails which support the rowlocks, or tholes. APÔTRES, s. m. p. The knight-heads, or bollardtimbers-the hawse-pieces which are nearest the stem. APPARAUX, s. m. p. The whole furniture of a ship; as the masts, sails, yards, blocks, anchors, cables, helm, artillery, &c.-This term is more comprehensive than AGRÈS. Ex. Agrès & APPARAUX. The rigging and furniture of a ship. APPAREIL, 8. m: Machinery, or purchase. Ex. APPARIEL de carène. A general name for the ma. chinery employed in careening a ship. APPAREIL de pompe. The pump-jear, as the boxes, brake, spear, &c. APPAREILLAGE, s. m. The act and manner of getting a ship under sail. APPAREILLER, v. n. To get under sail, or underway, &c. Ex. Ce vaisseau APPAREILLE. der-way. Les estains, ou cornières. The fashion-pieces. Les alonges de cornière. The top-timbers of the fashion-piece. Ex. La contre-cornière. Voyez CORNIÈRE. Courbe D'ARCASSE. Voyez COURBE, &c. ARC-BOUTANT, s. m. A boom. ARC-BOUTANS, ou les boute-hors de grunde voile. Main-sail booms; or booms to extend the bottom That ship is getting un- of the main-sail, in square-rigged vessels. ARC-BOUTANS de misaine. Fore-sail booms, in squareA ship sail-rigged vessels. To set any sail. Les ARC-BOUTANS de bonnettes. Studding-sail booms. To get ready, or to clear ARCHIPOMPE, s. f. The pump-well. ARCHITECTURE NAVALE, s. f. Naval architecture; or the art of ship-building. Un vaisseau APPAREILLE vent arrière. A ship sailing before the wind. APPAREILLER une voile. APPAREILLER une ancre. an anchor. APPELER, . n. To grow, &c. Le cable APPELE de tribord. the starboard bow. Aussiére qui APPELE de loin. tened at a great distance. APPOINTEMENS, s. m. p. Ex. The cable grows on A rope which is fas. The pay of officers. APPRÊTER, v. a. APPRÊTER un brûlot. To prime a fire-ship. APPROCHER, v.n. To near, &c. Ex. S'APPROCHER du vent. To luff. To haul close to the wind. ARDENT, adj. The quality of griping in the steerage, or carrying a weatherly helm. Ex. Navire ARDENT. A ship which carries a weatherly helm. ARÊTE, s. f. (In naval architecture) The edge or angle of a square piece. ARGANEAU. Voyez ORGANEAU. ARGILE, s. f. Clay. - Fond D'ARGILE. ground. ARGOUSIN, s. m. Clay A petty officer belonging to a galley, whose duty it is to fix on, and to take off the shackles of the slaves, &c. ARMADILLE, s. f. A small squadron of Spanish frigates of war, employed as cruisers to prevent illicit trade. ARMATEUR, s. m. Owner of a merchant-ship, or privateer. ARMÉE NAVALE, s. f. A large fleet of men of war. Les ARMÉES navales d'Angleterre. The maritime forces of England. ARMEMENT, s. m. The equipment, or fitting out of a ship, or squadron. ARMER, v.a. ARMER un navire. To fit out a ship. ARMER les avirons. To ship the oars. ARMES À FEU, s. f. p. Fire-arms. ARMURE, s. f. ARMURE d'un bau. (Terme de construction.) The middle piece of a beam, when made of three pieces. ARMURES d'un mát. (synonyme de JUMELLES.) The cheeks or side pieces of a made-mast. ARMURIER, s. m. The armourer of a ship of war. ARONDELLES DE MER, $. f. p. A general name for all small vessels, as brigs, settees, &c. ARQUER, S'ARQUER, v. n. & r. To camber; to become hogged, or broken-backed. Ex. Vaisseau ARQUÉ. A broken-backed ship. Quille ARQUÉE A cambered keel. La quille du Souverain est ARQUÉE de 20 pouces. The Sovereign's keel is cambered by 20 inches. ARRÊT, s. m. ARRÊT des vaisseaux dans un port An embargo laid on vessels in a port or harbour. ARRÊTER, S'ARRÊTER, v. a. & r. To detain, to stop, &c. Ex. Le convoi pour Lisbonne est ARRÊTÉ par des vents contraires. The Lisbon convoy is detained by contrary winds. ARRIÈRE, s. m. & ad. The stern, or after part of a vessel-a-stern, aft, &c. Ex. Les voiles de L'ARRIÈRE. The after sails. The rear division of a squadron of men of war. ARRIMAGE, s. m. The stowage of a vessel's cargo, or whatever is contained in her hold. ARRIMER, v. a. To stow the hold. Ex. Vaisseau mal ARRIMÉ. A ship badly stowed. ARRIMEUR, s. m. A stower. ARRIVÉE, s. f. The movement of bearing away, also of falling off when lying-to. Ex. Ce vaisseau fait son ARRIVÉE. That ship is falling-off. ARRIVER, v. n. To bear away, to bear up, or bear down; to arrive, &c. Ex. ARRIVER sur un vaisseau. To bear down upon à ship. ARRIVER vent arrière. To bear away right before the wind. ARRIVER tout plat. To bear round up. ARRIVE tout! Hard a-weather! Hard up! Laisse ARRIVER d'un quart! Keep her away a point! Le vaisseau est ARRIVÉ aux Dunes. The ship is ar›rived in the Downs.... ARRONDIR, v. a. ARRONDIR un cap. To weather, or sail round a cape. ARSENAL, s. m. A royal dock-yard, with its gun-wharf. ARTILLÉ, adj. Mounted with cannon. ASSIETTE D'UN VAISSEAU, S. f. Trim of a ship. ATTELIER de forgerons. The smith's shop. ATTENTION à la barre ! Mind the helm! ATTERAGE, s. m. Land-fall. ATTERRER, v. n. To make the land. Ex. Nous ATTERRAMES sur le Cup Lezard. We made the land at Cape Lizard.. ATTOLES, s. m. A cluster of small islands, or chain of rocks. forward, or the forepart of the ship. Ex. AVANT d'un vaisseau. The head, or bow of a ship. AVANT maigre. A lean bow. AVANT élancé. A flaring bow. AVANT joufflu, ou AVANT renfié. A bluff bow. Vogue AVANT. The strokesman in a boat or galley. Un vaisseau ARTILLE de toutes ses pièces. A ship AVANT! (Commandement aux rameurs!) Pull mounting all her guns. ARTILLERIE, s. f. Ordnance, artillery. Parc D'ARTILLERIE. wharf. Artillery ground; or gun ARTILLERIE d'un vaisseau. The ordnance of a ship of war. ARTIMON, s. m. Mizen. Mat D'ARTIMON. Mizen-mast. ASPECT. Voyez VUES, ASSAILLIR, v.a. To assault, &c. Ex: Nous avons été ASSAILLIS d'un coup de vent. We have been caught in a gale of wind. ASSÉCHER, v. n. To appear dry, as a rock or shore, when the tide has left it. away! AVANT tribord! Pull away starboard, or pull with the starboard oars! AVANT qui peut! Pull with the oars that are shipped! Vaisseau sur L'AVANT. A ship which is too much by the head. Le vaisseau est en AVANT de mon point. The ship is a-head of my reckoning. De L'AVANT à nous. A-head of us. AVANT babord, & scie tribord! Pull the larboard oars, and hold the water with the starboard oars! AVANT-CALE, s. f. The launch of a ship from the slip. AVANT-GARDE, s. f. The van of a fleet. AVARIE. s. f. The damage or loss which a ship sustains by accidents or bad weather, in her voyage, or in port. AVARIÉ, adj. Ex. Merchandises AVARIÉES. Damaged goods. AUBARÉTRIERES, s. f. p. A sort of balustrade AUGE À GOUDRON, s.f. A tar-bucket. Le bras. The arm, or inner part. Le plat, ou la pelle. The wash, or blade. La menille, ou main tenante. An implement nailed to the oar, for a number of men to hold it by. La galaverne. A small piece of wood nailed on each side the oar, to prevent its galling the thole, and to strengthen it in that part. AVIRONS à couple. Double-banked oars, or scullers. AVIRONNIER maître. Master oar-maker. AVISO, s. m. Advice boat. AVITAILLEMENT, s. m. AVITAILLEMENT d'un vaisseau. The provision of a ship, or sea-victualling. AVITAILLER, v. a. To victual. Ex. AU-LOF! Luff! The order from the pilot to steer nearer the wind. Voyez Lor. AULOFÉE, s. f. The act of luffing, or springing the luff. AUMONIER, s. m. The chaplain of a ship. distance between the masts. AVOIR du largue dans les voiles. AVOIR du mou dans ses cables. AVOIR la marée, ou le courant pour soi. the tide or current in one's favour. AVOIR le fond. To be in soundings. AVOIR le vent sur un bâtiment. To have the weather-gage of a ship. AVOIR ses ancres en mouillage. clear for running. To have the anchors AVOIR de l'empâture. To have a great spread for the rigging. AVOIR sa mature sur l'arrière, ou sur l'avant. To amenées. To have the yards and top-masts struck. AVOIR tous les ris pris. To be close reefed. AVOIR toutes les voiles sur les cargues. To have all the sails clewed up. AUSSIÈRE, s.f. A hawser or small cable, and in general any rope made of three or four strands, and only once laid. AUTAN, s. m, A gust or squall of the south wind. AXIOMÈTRE, s. m. The tell-tale of the tiller. AZIMUTH, s. m. Azimuth, vertical circle. AURIQUE, adj. Voiles AURIQUES. Shoulder of Avant BABORD! Pull to larboard! Brasse BABORD! Brace to larboard! Feu BABORD! (commandement aux canonniers). Fire the guns on the larboard side! BABORD, ou BABORD la barre! (commandement! au timonnier). Port the helm! BABORD un peu! Port a little! |
