 | Nautical astronomy - 1821 - 708 pages
...upright timber or trees on which the yards and sails are set. Mailed. Having all her masts complete. Mend the service. Put on more service. Messenger....into two equal parts. Midships. See Amidships. To mitt stays. A ship is said tn »ms.< slays when her head will not fly up into the direction of the... | |
 | Nathaniel Bowditch - Nautical astronomy - 1826 - 732 pages
...upright timber or trees on which the yards and sails are set. •Masted. Having all her matts complete. Mend the service. Put on more service. Messenger....cable, which being brought to the capstan, and, the cal Je by which the ship rides made fast to it, it purchases the anchor. To middle агоре. To doable... | |
 | Nathaniel Bowditch - Nautical astronomy - 1826 - 764 pages
...service. -Чевятфг. A smalf kind of cable, which being brought to the capstan, and the c»ble by which the ship rides made fast to it, it purchases the anchor. Tt rttiddicarope. To double it into livo equal parts. LI To miss slays. A ship is said to IIUM stays... | |
 | William Nugent] [Glascock - Newfoundland and Labrador - 1826 - 350 pages
...ship to go the wrong way/'f — Wrong * A small kind of cable, which, being brought to the capstern, and the cable by which the ship rides made fast to it, purchases the anchor. t When a ship is moored in a tidesway, and swings on the change of the tide in... | |
 | George Little - Sailors' writings, American - 1844 - 426 pages
...— Is placing men on the yards, in the tops, on the ladder, &c., to execute any necessary duty. Mind the service. — Put on more service. Messenger. —...rides made fast to it, it purchases the anchor. To Miss stays. — A ship is said to miss stays when her head will not fly up in the direction of the... | |
 | George Little - Sailors - 1845 - 428 pages
...— Is placing men on the yards, in the tops, on the ladder, &c., to execute any necessary duty. Mind the service. — Put on more service. Messenger. —...rides made fast to it, it purchases the anchor. To Miss stays. — A ship is said to miss stays when her head will not fly up in the direction of the... | |
 | George Little - Sailors - 1845 - 434 pages
...— Is placing men on the yards, in the tops, on the ladder, &c., to execute any necessary duty. Mind the service. — Put on more service. Messenger. —...A small kind of cable, which being brought to the cap. stan, and the cable by which the ship rides made fast to it, it purchases the anchor. To Miss... | |
 | Nathaniel Bowditch - 1846 - 854 pages
...Mast; the upright timber on which the yards and sails are set. Masted; having all her masU complete. Mend the service ; put on more service. , Messenger...which being brought to the capstan, and the cable bj which the ship rides made fast to it, it purchases the anchor. To middle a rope ; to double it into... | |
 | George Little - Sailors - 1852 - 490 pages
...— Is placing men on the yards, in the tops, on the ladder, &c., to execute any necessary duty. Mind the service. — Put on more service. Messenger. —...capstan, and the cable by which the ship rides made fast to«it, it purchases the anchor. To Miss stays. — A ship is said to miss stays when her head will... | |
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Man the yards. — Is placing men on the yards, in the tops, on the ladder, &c., to execute any necessary duty. Mind the service. — Put on more service. Messenger. — A small kind of cable, which being brought to the capstan, and the cable by which... 