Language of the Sea 5

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Language of the Sea

FACE-PIECES -

Pieces of wood wrought on the fore part of the knee of the head.

FACING -

Setting one piece of timber into another sing a rabbet joint.

FAG -

A rope is fagged when the end is untwisted.

FAIR -

To adjust to a proper size.

FAIRWAY -

Navigable water in a channel, harbor, or river.

FAIR-LEADER -

A strip of board or plank, with holes in it, for running rigging to lead through.

Also, a block or thimble used for the same purpose.

FAKE -

One of the circles or rings made in coiling a rope.

FALL -

That part of the tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting.

FALSE-KEEL -

Pieces of timber secured under the main keel of vessels.

FANCY-LINE -

A line rove through a block at the jaws of a gaff, used as a downhaul.

Also, a line used for cross-hauling the lee-topping lift.

FANG -

To fang the pump is to prime the pump.

FAREWELL BUOY -

Buoy at end of channel leading to the sea.

FASHION-PIECES -

The aftermost timbers, terminating the breadth and forming the shape of the stern.

FAST -

Said of an object that is secured to another.

FAST ICE -

Ice mass attached to land and extending seaward.

FATHOM -

Six feet.

FEATHER -

To feather an oar in rowing is to turn the blade horizontally with the top aft as it comes out of the water.

FENDER -

A cushion, placed between boats, or between a boat and a pier, to prevent damage.

FID -

A block of wood or iron, placed through the hole in the heel of a mast and resting on the ttrestle-trees of the mast below. This supports the mast.

Also, a wooden pin, tapered, used in splicing large ropes.

FIDDLES -

Wooden fittings clamped to meal tables in foul weather, limiting movement of utensils.

FIDDLE-BLOCK -

A long shell, having one sheave over the other, and the lower smaller than the upper.

FIELD ICE -

Ice pack whose limits cannot be seen from the ship.

FIFE-RAIL -

The rail going round a mast.

FIGURE EIGHT KNOT -

A knot in the form of a figure eight, placed in the end of a line to prevent the line from passing through a grommet or a block.

FIGUREHEAD -

A carved head, or full-length feature, over the cutwater.

FILLINGS -

Pieces of wood used to make the curve fair for the mouldings, between the edges of the fish-front and the sides of the mast.

FINISHING -

Carved ornaments of the quarter-galley, between the second counter, and above the upper lights.

FISH -

To raise the flukes of an anchor upon the deck.

Also, to strengthen a spar when loose or weak, by putting in, or fastening to another piece.

Fish-front; Fish-sides; see ( MADE MAST )

FISH-DAVIT -

The davit used for fishing an anchor.

FLAKE -

To coil a rope so that each coil lies alongside the previous coil, allowing rope to run freely.

FLAME ARRESTER -

A safety device, such as a metal mesh protector, to prevent an exhaust backfire from causing an explosion; operates by absorbing heat.

FLARE -

The outward curve of a vessel's sides near the bow. A distress signal.

FLAT -

A sheet is said to be hauled flat, when it is hauled down close.

Flat-aback, when a sail is blown with it's after surface against the mast.

FLEMISH-COIL

See ( FRENCH-FAKE )

FLEMISH-EYE -

A kind of eye-splice.

FLEMISH-HORSE -

An additional foot rope at the ends of topsail yards.

FLOOD -

Flow of water over a surface.

FLOOR TIMBERS -

Those timbers of a vessel which are placed across the keel.

FLOTSAM -

Material remaining floating after a shipwreck. Sometimes, referred to anything floating in a scattered mass.

FLOWING SHEET -

When a vessel has the wind free, and the lee clews eased off.

FLUKES -

The broad triangular plates at the extremity of the arms of an anchor, terminating in a point called the bill.

FLY -

That part of a flag which extends from the Union to the extreme end.

FLYING BRIDGE -

An added set of controls above the level of the normal control station for better visibility. Usually open, but may have a collapsible top for shade.

FOLLOWING SEA -

An overtaking sea that comes from astern.

FOOT -

The lower end of a mast or sail. See ( Fore-foot )

FOOT-ROPE -

The rope stretching along a yard, upon which sailors stand when reefing or furling. A.K.A. horses.

FOOT-WALING -

The inside planks or lining of a vessel, over the floor timbers.

FORE -

Used to distinguish the forward part of a vessel, or things in that direction, as fore mast, or fore hatch, in opposition to aft, or after.

FORE AND AFT -

In a line parallel to the keel.

FORECASTLE -

That part of the upper deck forward of the foremast.

Also, the forward part of the vessel under the deck.

FORE-DECK -

Forward topside part of the deck.

FORE-FOOT -

A piece of timber at the forward extremity of the keel, upon which the lower end of the stem rests.

FORE-LOCK -

A flat piece of metal, driven through the end of a bolt, to prevent it's drawing.

FORE MAST -

The forward mast of all vessels.

FOREREACH -

To shoot ahead, especially when going in stays.

FORE-RUNNER -

A piece of rag, terminating the stray line of a log-line.

FORGE -

To forge ahead, to shoot ahead; as in coming to anchor after the sails are furled.

See ( FOREREACH )

FORMERS -

Pieces of wood used for shaping cartridges, or wads.

FOTHER, OR FODDER -

To draw a sail, filled with oakum, under a vessel's bottom to stop a leak.

FORWARD -

Toward the bow of the boat.

FOTHERING -

Closing small leaks in a vessel's hull by drawing a sail filled with oakum, submerging it and closing it tightly around the hole.

FOULED -

Any piece of equipment that is jammed or entangled, or dirtied.

FOUNDER -

When a vessel fills with water and sinks.

FOX -

Made by twisting together two or more rope-yarns.

A Spanish fox is made by untwisting a single yarn and laying it up the contrary way.

FRAP -

To pass ropes round a sail to keep it from blowing loose.

Also, to draw ropes round a vessel which is weakened, to keep her together.

FREE -

A vessel is going free when she has a fair wind and her yards braced in. A vessel is said to be free when the water is pumped out of her.

FREEBOARD -

The distance between the gunwales and the waterline.

FRESHEN -

To relieve a rope, by moving it's place; as to freshen the nip of a stay, is to shift it to prevent its' chafing through.

FRENCH-FAKE -

To coil a rope with each fake outside of the other, beginning in the middle. If there are to be riding fakes, ( Flemish coil )they begin outside and travel in, repeating the process until complete.

FREEBOARD -

The minimum vertical distance from the surface of the water to the gunwale.

FULL -AND- BY -

Sailing close-hauled on a wind.

Full and by! The order given to the man at the helm to keep the sail full and at the same time close to the wind.

FULL-RIGGED SHIP -

Originally a three masted ship in which all masts were fully square-rigged. Later, also square-rigged ships with more than three masts.

FURL -

To roll a sail up snugly on a yard or boom, and secure it.

FUTTOCK-PLATES -

Metal plates crossing the sides of the top-rim perpendicularly. The dead-eyes of the topmast rigging are fitted to their upper ends, and the futtock-shrouds to their lower ends.

FUTTOCK-SHROUDS -

Short shrouds, leading from the lower ends of the futtock-plates to a bend round the lower mast, just below the top.

FUTTOCK-STAFF -

A short piece of wood or metal, seized across the upper part of the rigging, to which the catharpin legs are secured.

FUTTOCK-TIMBERS -

Those timbers between the floor and naval timbers, and the top-timbers. There are two:

The lower, which is over the floor, and the middle, which is over the naval timber. The naval timber is sometimes called the ground futtock.

Corrections, Additions & Clarifications - MMNETSEA

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