The sea-mans dictionary, or, An exposition and demonstration of all the parts and things belonging to a shippe together with an explanation of all the termes and phrases used in the practique of navigation / composed by Henry Manwaring ...

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Title: The sea-mans dictionary, or, An exposition and demonstration of all the parts and things belonging to a shippe together with an explanation of all the termes and phrases used in the practique of navigation / composed by Henry Manwaring ...
Author: Manwayring, Henry, Sir, 1587-1653.
Publication: London :: Printed by G. M. for John Bellamy ...,; 1644.
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The IEere.

Is a peece of a Hawser, which is made fast to the maine-yard and fore-yards, close to the ties of great Ships (for small Ships doe not use it,) and so is reeved through a block, which is seased close to the top, and so comes downe, and is reeved through an other block at the bottome of the Mast close by the Deck: Great ships have one on one side, an other on the other side of the ties; the use of this roape, is to helpe to hoyse up the yard, but the chiefest is to succour the ties, and to hold the yard from falling downe if the ties should breake.

The Jeere-Capstaine.

This hath its name from the Jeere; which is ever brought to this Capstaine to be heaved at by; It stands in the wast in the hatch-way, and serves for many other uses (as to heave upon the Violl, or hold off the Cabell from the maine-Capstaine.

Iron-sick.

A Ship or boate is said to be Iron-sick, when the bolts, speeks or nailes are so eaten away with the rust or the salt-water, that they stand hollow in the planckes, and so the Ship doth receive in water by them, and this is the reason why they put lead over all the bolts heads under water.

A Junck.

Any peece of a Cabell that is cut off, most commonly any part of an old Cabell, is called a Junck; such as this, they hang for fenders by the Ships-sides, or else untwist it, and make plats for Cabels, roape-yarne or sinnet, if it be not too old and rotten, if it be old, then they make Ockham of it.

A Jury-mast.

When by occasion of storme, or fight, we have lost either the fore-Mast or maine-Mast, we doe reserve (if it be possible)

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the Maine or fore-yard; which we put downe into the step of the mast, and so fasten it in the partners, and so take the Missen yard, or if we have any other, which serves for a yard, which fitting with sailes and roapes in forme of the other, we make a shift with a steere, and governe the Ship.