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 ...

Q (Book Q)

The QVarter,

That part of the Hull, of the Ship, which is from the Steeridge to the Transom, or Fashion-peece, is called the Quarter, or the Ships-Quarter.

Quarter Deck

Is that Deck, which is over the Steeridge, till it come to the Masters Cabbin.

Quartering.

Is when a peece of Ordnance, lyes so, and may be so Traversed, that it will shoote in the same line, or on the same point of the Compasse as the Quarter beares; Also when a Ship sailes with Quarter-winds, we say, she goes Quartring; then we let rise the wea∣ther-Tack, and hale aft the sheate, to the fore-Mast Shrowdes, and Veere-out the Lee sheate a little; this way she goes fastest: for now all sailes draw together.

Quarter-winds.

Are when the wind comes in a bast the Maine Mast-Shrowdes just with the Quarter.

A Quoyle.

Or a Quoyle of Roapes, is a Roape laid up-round, one Take over another, as a Quoyle of Cabell, that is a Cabell quoyled up. But sometimes the word Quoyle is taken for a whole Roape quoyled, so that if halfe the Roape be cutt awaie, they say, there is but halfe a Quoyle of that Roape.

To Quoyle.

Is to lay the Takes of the Roape round, over one an∣other, so that when occasion is, they may run out smooth without any kneekes, and also to lie handsomely in the Ship, and many of the small running-Roapes, as the Brases, Top-saile-Hilliards, or the like: we hang up at the Ship-sides, when they are so quoyled: It is a manner at Sea, every night when they set the watch, or Quoyle-up all the Roapes in order, that so they may have them all Leere to come by in the night, if they have occasion to use any of them.

Quoynes.

There are three sorts of Quoynes used in a Ship, that is

the Quoynes which the Gunners use under their Ordnance, for to mount them higher or lower, they are made broad, but thinner at one end then at the other, with a handle at the broad end, to draw it out, or put it further in as you have occasion to mount the Peece; pulling out the Quoynes, is termed to draw the Quoyne, Another sort are called Can∣tick-quoines, these are short, the length of a hand, and are made with three edges, the use whereof is to put betwixt the Cask, at the Bildge hoopes of the Cask, to keepe the (ask steddy from rowling and labouring one against an other. The third sort are standing Quoynes, and they are made of Barrell-boords some foure fingers broad, and a fit length to be driven a-crosse betwixt the Butts, one end, two or three hoopes from the thin-hoopes of one Butt, and the other in the same manner to an other, to keep the chine of the Butt steddy from jog∣ging.