 Tack. To put a ship about, so that from having the wind on one side, you bring it round on the other, by the way of her head. The opposite of wearing. A vessel is on the starboard tack, or has her starboard tack on board, when she has the wind on her...  Errors of Speech and of Spelling - Page 1260by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 1877 - 1565 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Richard Henry Dana - 1856 - 460 pages
...in a vessel of war in which the commissioned officers live. WABB, or WEAR. To turn a vessel round, so that, from having the wind on one side, you bring it upon the other, carrying her stern round by the wind. In tacking, the same result is produced by carrying... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell, Thomas Durfee - Highway law - 1857 - 484 pages
...on the larboard tack, when she has the wind on her larboard side. Wear — To turn a vessel round, so that from having the wind on one side, you bring it upon the other, carrying her stern round by the wind. In tacking, the same result is produced by carrying... | |
 | Richard Henry Dana - 1863 - 310 pages
...(See SCARFING.) Also, the broad hem on the borders of sails, to which the holt-rope is sewed. TACK. To put a ship about, so that from having the wind...other by the way of her head. The opposite of wearing, A vessel is on the starboard tacJc, or bas her starboard tacks on board, when sho has the wind on her... | |
 | James Greenwood - 1879 - 286 pages
...in a vessel of war in which the commissioned officers live. WARE, or WEAR. To turn a vessel round, so that from having the wind on one side, you bring it upon the other, carrying her stern round by the wind. In tacking, the same result is produced by carrying... | |
 | Silver S.W. and co - West Indies - 1880 - 162 pages
...booms rigged out for the purpose. They are only carried with a fair wind and in moderate weather. Tack. To put a ship about, so that from having the wind...by the way of her head. The opposite of -wearing. A vessel is on the starboard tach when she has the wind on her starboard side. TaffraiL The rail round... | |
 | Silver S.W. and co - West Indies - 1880 - 160 pages
...for the purpose. They are only carried with a fair wind and in moderate weather. Tack. To put a shtp about, so that from having the wind on one side, you...by the way of her head. The opposite of "wearing. A vessel is on the starboard tack when she has the wind on her starboard side. Taffrail. The rail round... | |
 | Howard Patterson - Navigation - 1885 - 188 pages
...(See SCAKPHING.) Also the broad hem on the borders of sails to which the bolt-rope is sewed. Tack. To put a ship about, so that from having the wind...other, by the way of her head. The opposite of wearing. A vessel is on the starboard tack, or has her starboard tack on board, when she has the wind on her... | |
 | Howard Patterson - Navigation - 1887 - 474 pages
...in a vessel of war in which the commissioned officers live. \Vare, or \Vear. To turn a vessel round, so that from having the wind on one side, you bring it upon the other, carrying her stern round by the wind. In tacking, the same result is produced by carrying... | |
 | Eugene Edward O'Donnell - Navigation - 1918 - 256 pages
...beam-piece into another. Also, the broad hem on the borders of sails, to which the bolt-rope is sewed. TACK. To put a ship about, so that from having the wind on one side it is brought around on the other by the way of her head. The opposite of wearing. A vessel is on the... | |
 | Richard Henry Dana (Jr.) - Transportation - 1841 - 260 pages
...in a vessel of war in which the commissioned officers live. WARE, or WEAR. To turn a vessel round, so that, from having the wind on one side, you bring it upon the other, carrying her stern round by the wind. In tacking, the same result is produced by carrying... | |
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