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==Language of the Sea==
==Language of the Sea==
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'''MADE -'''
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A ''made mast ''or ''block'' is one composed of different pieces. A ship's lower mast is a ''made spar'', her topmast is a ''whole spar.''
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'''MAINMAST -'''
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Second mast in vessels with two or more masts, excepts yawls and ketches.
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'''MAINSAIL -'''
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The lower sail set on the mast. In square riggers, also called the main course.
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'''MANGER -'''
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A coaming just within the hawse-hole.
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'''MAN-ROPES -'''
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Ropes used in going up and down a vessel's sides.
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'''MARINER -'''
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Person employed in the commercial shipping trade and works on a ship.
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'''MARL -'''
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To wind or twist a small line or rope round another.
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'''MARLINE -'''
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Small two-stranded material, used for marling.
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'''MARLING-HITCH -'''
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A kind of hitch used in marling.
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'''MARLINGSPIKE -'''
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An iron pin, sharpened at one end, and having a hole in the other for a lanyard. Used both as a fid and a heaver.
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'''MARRY -'''
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To join ropes together by a worming over both.
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'''MARRY THE GUNNER'S DAUGHTER -'''
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Old nickname for a flogging. Victim was spread across a ship's gun.
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'''MARTINGALE -'''
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A short perpendicular spar, under the bowsprit end, used for guying down the head-stays.
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'''MASTER -'''
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Merchant Navy oficer in command of a ship.
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'''MAT -'''
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Made of strands of old rope, to prevent chafing.
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'''MATE -'''
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An officer under the master.
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'''MAST''' -
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A spar set upright to support rigging and sails.
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'''MESH -'''
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The places between the lines of the netting.
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'''MESS -'''
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Any number of men who eat together.
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'''MESSENGER -'''
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A rope used for heaving in a cable by the capstan.
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'''MIDDLE GROUND -'''
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Shoal area between two navigable channels.
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'''MIDSHIPS -'''
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The timber at the broadest part of a vessel.
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'''MISS-STAYS -'''
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To fail going about from one tack to another.
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'''MIZZEN-MAST -'''
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The aftermost mast of a ship. The spanker is sometimes called the ''mizzen.''
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'''MIZZEN SAIL -'''
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The lower sail set on the mizzen mast. In square riggers, also called the mizzen course, or, more commonly, the cross-jack. (pron. ''cro'jack'')
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'''MOLDED DEPTH - '''
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The vertical measurement from the deck to the top of the keel.
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'''MONKEY-BLOCK -'''
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A small single block strapped with a swivel.
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'''MONOHULL''' -
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A boat with one hull.
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'''MOON-SAIL -'''
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A small sail sometimes carried in light winds, above a skysail.
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'''MOOR -'''
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To secure by two anchors.
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'''MOORING''' -
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An arrangement for securing a boat to a mooring buoy or a pier.
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'''MOORING BUOY''' -
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A buoy secured to a permanent anchor sunk deeply into the bottom.
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'''MORTICE -'''
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A ''morticed block ''is one made out of a whole block of wood with a hole cut in it for the sheave.
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'''MOULDS -'''
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The patterns by which the frames of a vessel are worked out.
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'''MOUSE -'''
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To put turns of rope yard or spun yarn round the end of a hook and its standing part, when it is hooked to anything, so as to prevent its' slipping out.
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'''MOUSING -'''
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A knot or puddening , made of yarns, and placed on the outside of a rope.
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'''MUFFLE -'''
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Oars are muffled by putting mats or canvas round their looms in the oar-locks.
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'''MUNIONS -'''
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The pieces that separate the lights in a galley.

Revision as of 10:21, 31 March 2008

Language of the Sea

MADE -

A made mast or block is one composed of different pieces. A ship's lower mast is a made spar, her topmast is a whole spar.

MAINMAST -

Second mast in vessels with two or more masts, excepts yawls and ketches.

MAINSAIL -

The lower sail set on the mast. In square riggers, also called the main course.

MANGER -

A coaming just within the hawse-hole.

MAN-ROPES -

Ropes used in going up and down a vessel's sides.

MARINER -

Person employed in the commercial shipping trade and works on a ship.

MARL -

To wind or twist a small line or rope round another.

MARLINE -

Small two-stranded material, used for marling.

MARLING-HITCH -

A kind of hitch used in marling.

MARLINGSPIKE -

An iron pin, sharpened at one end, and having a hole in the other for a lanyard. Used both as a fid and a heaver.

MARRY -

To join ropes together by a worming over both.

MARRY THE GUNNER'S DAUGHTER -

Old nickname for a flogging. Victim was spread across a ship's gun.

MARTINGALE -

A short perpendicular spar, under the bowsprit end, used for guying down the head-stays.

MASTER -

Merchant Navy oficer in command of a ship.

MAT -

Made of strands of old rope, to prevent chafing.

MATE -

An officer under the master.

MAST -

A spar set upright to support rigging and sails.

MESH -

The places between the lines of the netting.

MESS -

Any number of men who eat together.

MESSENGER -

A rope used for heaving in a cable by the capstan.

MIDDLE GROUND -

Shoal area between two navigable channels.

MIDSHIPS -

The timber at the broadest part of a vessel.

MISS-STAYS -

To fail going about from one tack to another.

MIZZEN-MAST -

The aftermost mast of a ship. The spanker is sometimes called the mizzen.

MIZZEN SAIL -

The lower sail set on the mizzen mast. In square riggers, also called the mizzen course, or, more commonly, the cross-jack. (pron. cro'jack)

MOLDED DEPTH -

The vertical measurement from the deck to the top of the keel.

MONKEY-BLOCK -

A small single block strapped with a swivel.

MONOHULL -

A boat with one hull.

MOON-SAIL -

A small sail sometimes carried in light winds, above a skysail.

MOOR -

To secure by two anchors.

MOORING -

An arrangement for securing a boat to a mooring buoy or a pier.

MOORING BUOY -

A buoy secured to a permanent anchor sunk deeply into the bottom.

MORTICE -

A morticed block is one made out of a whole block of wood with a hole cut in it for the sheave.

MOULDS -

The patterns by which the frames of a vessel are worked out.

MOUSE -

To put turns of rope yard or spun yarn round the end of a hook and its standing part, when it is hooked to anything, so as to prevent its' slipping out.

MOUSING -

A knot or puddening , made of yarns, and placed on the outside of a rope.

MUFFLE -

Oars are muffled by putting mats or canvas round their looms in the oar-locks.

MUNIONS -

The pieces that separate the lights in a galley.

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