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ASTERN |
Aft |
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FORE |
... and aft |
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AFTERMOST |
Nearest the stern; most aft. |
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CHOCK |
Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft. |
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ABAFT |
Toward the stern; aft; as, to go abaft. |
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HOIST |
The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay. |
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RAKE |
To incline from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast
rakes aft. |
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BALANCEREEF |
The last reef in a fore-and-aft sail, taken to steady
the ship. |
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GAFF |
The spar upon which the upper edge of a fore-and-aft sail is
extended. |
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MAINSHEET |
One of the ropes by which the mainsail is hauled aft and
trimmed. |
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BAGREEF |
The lower reef of fore and aft sails; also, the upper reef
of topsails. |
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CLUE |
A lower corner of a square sail, or the after corner of a
fore-and-aft sail. |
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EKING |
The carved work under the quarter piece at the aft part
of the quarter gallery. |
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MIZZEN |
The hindmost of the fore and aft sails of a three-masted
vessel; also, the spanker. |
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ARMING |
Red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a
ship's upper works on holidays. |
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LUFF |
The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the
jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails. |
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PEAK |
The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in
many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc. |
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DRIVER |
The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail
attached to a gaff; a spanker. |
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ENLARGE |
To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's
course; to draw aft; -- said of the wind. |
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GOOSEWINGED |
Said of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel with foresail set
on one side and mainsail on the other; wing and wing. |
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SQUARE-RIGGED |
Having the sails extended upon yards suspended
horizontally by the middle, as distinguished from fore-and-aft sails;
thus, a ship and a brig are square-rigged vessels. |
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TACK |
The part of a sail to which the tack is usually fastened;
the foremost lower corner of fore-and-aft sails, as of schooners (see
Illust. of Sail). |
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SPANKER |
The after sail of a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft
sail attached to a boom and gaff; -- sometimes called driver. See
Illust. under Sail. |
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BACKSTAY |
A rope or stay extending from the masthead to the side of
a ship, slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting the
mast. |
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JIBE |
To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one
side of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter.
See Gybe. |