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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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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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Manwayring, Henry, Sir, 1587-1653.
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London :: Printed by G. M. for John Bellamy ...,
1644.
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An Index of the Names, and Termes expounded in this Booke.

A
  • AFt, or, Abast. Page. 1
  • Aloofe. 2
  • Amaine. ibid.
  • Anchor. ib.
  • Anchoring, or Anchorage. 4
  • Anchor-Stock. ibid.
  • Arme. ibid.
  • An Awning. 5
  • Axel-tree. ibid.
B
  • To Bals. 5
  • Ballast. ibid.
  • The Beake, or Beake-head. 6
  • Beame. ibid.
  • To Beare. ib.
  • Beare-in. 7
  • Beare-off. ib.
  • Beare-up. ib.
  • Bedds. ib.
  • To Belage. ib.
  • A Bend. 8
  • To Bend, or Bent. ibid.
  • A Berth. ib.
  • Berthing. ibid.
  • A Bight. ibid.
  • Bildge, or Buldge. ib.
  • Bildge-water. ibid.
  • A Bittackle. ib.
  • A Bitter. 9
  • A Bitter-end. 9
  • The Bitts. ibid.
  • Blocks. ibid.
  • Blowe. 10
  • Bluff, or Bluff-head. ib.
  • Boate. ib.
  • Bolt, or Bolts. 11
  • A Bolt-Roape. ib.
  • Bolt-spritt. ibid.
  • A Bonnett. 12
  • A Boome. ib.
  • Boord, or, A-Boord. ib.
  • The Bowe. 13
  • Bowling. 14
  • A Bower. ib.
  • Bowes, or, To Bowse. ib.
  • Bracketts. ib.
  • Brases. ib.
  • Brayles. 15
  • Breech and Breeching. ibid.
  • A Breize. ib.
  • A Brest-fast. 16
  • Brest-Roapes. ibid.
  • Brooming. ibid.
  • A Budge-Barrell. ibid.
  • Bulck. ib.
  • Bulck-head. ib.
  • Bunt. ib.
  • Bunt-lines. 17

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  • A Buoy. p. 17
  • A Butt. ib.
  • A Buttuck. ib.
C
  • A Cabell. 18
  • Caburne. ib.
  • Calme and becalming. ib.
  • To Camber, or Cambring. 19
  • The Cap. ib.
  • Capsquares. ib.
  • The Cap-staine. ib.
  • Cap-staine-bars. 20
  • A Card, or, Sea-Card. ib.
  • Careene. ib.
  • Carlings. 21
  • Carling-knees. ib.
  • A Carriage. ib.
  • A Carthrage. 22
  • Carnells. ibid.
  • Carnell-Work. ib.
  • A Case. ib.
  • Case-shott. ib.
  • Casketts. ib.
  • Catharpings. 23
  • Catt. ib.
  • Catt-holes. ib.
  • Caulke. ib.
  • Chafe. ib.
  • Chaine-Walls. ib.
  • A Chamber. ib.
  • Channell 24
  • Charge. ibid.
  • Chase. ib.
  • Cheekes. 25
  • Cheteres. ib.
  • Choake. ib.
  • Clamps. 25
  • A Cleate. ib.
  • Clew. 26
  • Clew-garnet. ib.
  • Clew-line. ib.
  • A Clincher. ib.
  • To Clinch. ib.
  • Clinching. ib.
  • Cloathe. 27
  • Cloyde. ib.
  • Coamings. ib.
  • Coates. ib.
  • Cocks. ib.
  • The Collar. ib.
  • The Combe. ib.
  • Compasse. ib.
  • To Cond, or Cun. 28
  • Cooke-Roome. ib.
  • Cordage. 30
  • Connter. ib.
  • Course. ib.
  • A Crabb. ib.
  • A Cradle. ib.
  • Craft. ib.
  • Cranck. ib.
  • Creengles. ib.
  • Cros-bar. 31
  • Cros-Jack. ib.
  • Cros-peece. ib.
  • Cros-trees. ib.
  • Crow-feete. ibid.
  • Cubbridghead. 32
  • Culver-taile ibi.
  • Cutt. ib.
  • Cutt-Water. ib.
D
  • The Davitt. 33

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  • Dead men-eyes. p. 33
  • Dead-water. ib.
  • Deck. ib.
  • Deep-see-Leade. 34
  • Deep-see-Line. ibid.
  • To Disembogue. ib.
  • To Dispert. 35
  • Dock. ib.
  • A Drabler. ib.
  • Draggs. ib.
  • Draught. ib.
  • To Dregg. ib.
  • A Drift-Saile. 36
  • Drive. ibid.
  • Duck-up. ib.
E
  • Earing. 36
  • To Ease. ib.
  • An Eddy. ib.
  • An Eddy-wind. 37
  • End for End. ibid.
  • Enter. ibid.
  • Entring-ladder. ib.
  • Entring-Roape. ib.
  • Eyes. ib.
  • Eylot-holes. ib.
F
  • Faddom. 38
  • A Facke. ib.
  • Fall-off. ibid.
  • Falls. ib.
  • To Farthell. ib.
  • Fartherling-Lines. ib.
  • The Fashion Peeces. 39
  • Fender-bolts. ib.
  • Fenders. ib.
  • Fidd. ib.
  • Fidd-Hammer. 39
  • Fightts. ib.
  • Fire-workes. ib.
  • A Fish. ib.
  • The Fish-Block. 40
  • The Fish-hooke. ib.
  • The Fish. ib.
  • Flaggs. ib.
  • Flaire. ib.
  • Floane. ib.
  • Flood. 41
  • The Flooke. ibid.
  • Flote. ibid.
  • Flowe. ib.
  • The Flowre. ib.
  • Flush. ibid.
  • The Flye. ib.
  • To Free. ib.
  • Fresh-shott. 42
  • The Fore-foote. ib.
  • Fore-Locks. ib.
  • Fore-Mast. ib.
  • A Former. ib.
  • Fore-reache. ib.
  • Fore-Saile. ib.
  • Fore-Top-Mast. ib.
  • Fore-yard. ib.
  • Fowle. 43.
  • Fowle-water. ib.
  • Fownder. ib.
  • Furr, or Furr'd. ib.
  • Futtocks. 44
G
  • Gage. 44
  • Gale. ib.
  • The Garboord. 45
  • Gar-boordstrake. ib.

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  • The Garnett. p. 45
  • A Girding. ibid.
  • Girt. ib.
  • Goaring. ib.
  • Goose-wing. ib.
  • Grapnells. ib.
  • Gratings. 46
  • To Grave. ib.
  • A Gripe. ib.
  • To Gripe. ib.
  • Grommetts. 47
  • Ground and Grounding. ib.
  • Ground-Timbers. ib.
  • Gudgias. ib.
  • To Gull. ib.
  • The Gun-wale. ib.
  • A Guye. 48
H
  • To Hale, or Over-Hale; 48
  • To Hall, or, Halling. ib.
  • Halliardds. ib.
  • Hand or Handing. ib.
  • A Handspeeke. 49
  • The Harpings, ib.
  • Hatches. ib.
  • Hatch-way. ib.
  • The Hawses. ib.
  • A Hawser. ib.
  • The Head. 50
  • Head-Lines. ib.
  • Head-Sailes. ib.
  • Head-Sea. ib.
  • To Heave. ib.
  • The Heele. 51
  • To Heele. ib.
  • The Helme. ib.
  • To Hitch. ib.
  • To Hold-off. 51
  • Honey-combd. 52
  • The Hookes. ib.
  • A Horse. ib.
  • The Howld. ib.
  • The Hownds. 53
  • Howlsom. ib.
  • Howsing-in. ib.
  • To Hoyse. 54
  • The Hull. ib.
  • Hulling. ib.
  • A Hullock. 55
I
  • The Jecre. 55
  • The Jeere-Capstaine. ib.
  • Iron-Sicke. ib.
  • A Junck ib.
  • A Jury-Mast. ib.
K.
  • To Keckle, or Keckling. 56
  • A Kedger. ib.
  • To Kedge or, Kedging. ib.
  • The Keele. ib.
  • The Keele-Roape. ib.
  • Keeleson. 57
  • A Ketch. ib.
  • Kevells. ib.
  • Keenke. ib.
  • The Knave-Line. ib.
  • Knees. ib.
  • Kneetles. ib.
  • The Knights. ib.
  • Knittlidge. 58
  • Knotts. ib.
L
  • To Labour. 58
  • Ladder. ib.

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  • To Lade. p. 59
  • A Ladle. ib.
  • Land-fall. ib.
  • Land-Locked. ib.
  • Land-to. ib.
  • A Land-turne. ib.
  • A Langrell. ib.
  • Lanniers. ib.
  • Lurge. 60
  • To Lase, or, Lasing. ib.
  • To Lash, or, Lasbers. ib.
  • Lasking ib.
  • Latce••tts. ib.
  • Launch. ib.
  • To Lay-a-Land. ib.
  • A Leake. ib.
  • Ledges. 61
  • Lee. ibid.
  • The Lee-fange. 62
  • The Leetch. ib.
  • Leetch-Lines. ib.
  • Legges. ib.
  • Lett-fall. ib.
  • Lifts. ib.
  • Limbers, or, Limber-holes. ib.
  • Lines-Pins. 63
  • Lockers. ib.
  • A Logg-Line. ib.
  • The Loofe ib.
  • A Loofe-hooke. 64
  • A Loome-Gale. ib.
  • To Loome. ib.
  • A Lust. ib.
  • Lie under the Sea. ib.
M
  • To Man. 64
  • A Man of Warre. 65
  • The Manger. 66
  • Marling. ib.
  • Marling-speeke. ib.
  • Martuetts. ib.
  • Masts. ib.
  • Matts. 67
  • Mettle. ib.
  • The Missen. 68
  • The Missen-Mast. ib.
  • The Missen-Saile. ib.
  • The Missen-Top-Mast. ib.
  • The Missen-Yard. ib.
  • To Moore, or, Mooring. ib.
  • To Mount. 69
  • Munck-Seame. ib.
  • Murderers. ib.
N
  • Neale-to. 69
  • Neapes, or, Neape-tide. ib.
  • The Needle. 70
  • Nettings. ib.
  • Netting-sailes. ib.
  • Nippers. ib.
O
  • To Observe. 71
  • Ockham. ib.
  • The Offing. ib.
  • Offward. ib.
  • Orlopp. ib.
  • Over-sett. 72
  • Over-throwe. ib.
  • Out-Licker. ib.
  • Oze, or, Ozie. ib.
P
  • A Pantch. 73
  • A Parbunckle. ib.
  • To Parcell, or, Parclling. ib.

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  • Parrells. p. 73
  • The Partners. ib.
  • a Passaredo. 74
  • The Paule. ib.
  • To Pay. ib.
  • a Peeke. ib.
  • Pendants. 75
  • The Pillow. ib.
  • a Pintell. ib.
  • Pitching ib.
  • Platts 76
  • a Plott. ib.
  • a Point. ib.
  • The Poope. ib.
  • a Port. ib.
  • To port. ib.
  • Powches. 77
  • Powder. ib.
  • The Powder-Roome. ib.
  • Preddy. ib.
  • a Preventur-Roape. 78
  • a Proviso. ib.
  • The Prowe. ib.
  • Priming. ib.
  • Puddings. ib.
  • Pullies. ib.
  • Pumps. ib.
  • The Pump-brake. 79
  • The Pump-Can. ib.
  • Pump-Dale. ib.
  • To Purchase. ib.
  • Puttocks. ib.
Q
  • The Quarter. 80
  • Quarter-Deck. ib.
  • Quartering. ib.
  • Quarter winds. ib.
  • A Quoyle. 80
  • To Quoyle. ib.
  • Quoynes. ib.
R
  • Rabbitting. 81
  • Rake. ib.
  • Ram-head. 82
  • A Rammer. ib.
  • Ranges. ib.
  • Ratlinge. ib.
  • A Reache. ib.
  • To Reeve. 83
  • Ribbs. ib.
  • To Ride. ib.
  • Riders. 84
  • Rigging. ib.
  • Ring-bolts. ib.
  • The Riseings. ib.
  • Rising-timbers. 85
  • A Roade. ib.
  • A Roader. ib.
  • Roapes. ib.
  • Roape-yarnes. ib.
  • Robbins. 86
  • Roofe-trees. ib.
  • Rove and clinch. ib.
  • The Round-house. ib.
  • Rownd in. ib.
  • The Rowle. ib.
  • Rowse in. ib.
  • The Rudder. 87
  • The Rudder-roape. ib.
  • Rudder-irons. ib.
  • To Rumidge. ib.
  • The Run. ib.
  • Rung-heads. 88
  • The Rungs. ib.

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  • The Runner. p. 88
S
  • Sailes. ib.
  • To Sarve. 89
  • A Scarfe. ib.
  • A Scuttle. ib.
  • To Sease, or, Seasing. 90
  • A Seele. ib.
  • Send. ib.
  • To Set a-land-Sun, or, Ship by the Compasse. ib.
  • Settle a Deck. 91
  • Sewing, or, to Sew. ib.
  • Shackles. ib.
  • The Shanck. ib.
  • Shanck-painter. ib.
  • Shearing. 92
  • Sheates. ib.
  • Sheathing. ib.
  • Sheep Shancks. 93.
  • Sheeres. ib.
  • Sheere hookes. ib.
  • Sheevers. ib.
  • Shoares. ib.
  • Shore. ib.
  • Shot. ib.
  • Shot of Cabell. 94
  • Showle. ib.
  • Shrowdes. ib.
  • The Sillinder. ib.
  • Sinnet. ib.
  • The Skegg. 95
  • The Skiffe. ib.
  • Skupper, or, Skupper-boles. ib.
  • Skupper-leathers. ib.
  • Skupper-nailes. ib.
  • A Slatch. ib.
  • Sleepers. 95
  • Slings. 96
  • To Sling. ib.
  • A Smitting-line. ib.
  • A Snatch-block. ib.
  • Sockets. ib.
  • A Sound. 97
  • To Sound. ib.
  • Sounding-lead. ib.
  • Sounding-line. ib.
  • Speekes. ib.
  • A. Spell. ib.
  • To Spell. 98
  • To Spend. ib.
  • A Spindle. ib.
  • To Splise. ib.
  • Split. ib.
  • To Spoone. ib.
  • To Spring. 99
  • The Spring, or, Spring-tide. ib.
  • Sprit-saile. ib.
  • Sprit-saile-top-saile. ib.
  • Sprit-saile-top-mast. ib.
  • Sprit-saile-yard. ib.
  • Spunge. ib.
  • Spunge-yarne. ib.
  • Spur ketts. 100
  • Standing-parts of Running-roapes. ib.
  • Standing-roapes. ib.
  • To Stay, or, bring a ship a-stay. ib.
  • Stayes and Back stayer. 101
  • The Sterne. ib.
  • Sterne-Sheats. ib.
  • To Steere. ib.
  • The Steeridge. 103
  • The Stem. ib.

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  • A Stepp. p. 103
  • To Steve, or, stoving. ib.
  • Stewards-Roome. ib.
  • Stoaked. ib.
  • Stopp. ib.
  • A Stopper. ib.
  • To Stowe. 102
  • A Strake. ib.
  • A Strapp. ib.
  • A Streame-Anckor. ib.
  • Streame-Cabell. ib.
  • A Stret••h. ib.
  • To Strike. 104
  • Studding-Sailes. ib.
  • A Sturropp. ib.
  • Suck. ib.
  • Surge. ib.
  • Swifters. ib.
  • Swifting. ib.
T
  • Tackes. 105
  • To Tack a Ship. ib.
  • Tackles. ib.
  • Tallee. 106
  • Tamkin. ib.
  • Tapering. ib.
  • Taper-bore. ib.
  • Tar-pawling. ib.
  • Taunt. ib.
  • Taught. ib.
  • A Tempest. 107
  • The Thoughts. ib.
  • Thight. ib.
  • Thowles. ib.
  • Thwart-Ships. ib.
  • Tides. ib.
  • Ties. ib.
  • Tiller. 108
  • Tire. ib.
  • Top-Armours ib.
  • Top-Gallants. ib.
  • Top-Mast. ib.
  • Top-Roapes. 109
  • To Towe. ib.
  • Transome. ib.
  • Travers. ib.
  • Travers-boord. 110
  • Tree-nells. ib.
  • Treenell-trees. ib.
  • To Trise. ib.
  • To Trie. ib.
  • The Trim. 111
  • The Trough of the Sea. ib.
  • Trucks. ib.
  • Trunnions. ib.
  • Trusses. ib.
  • The Tuck. ib.
  • To Turne. 112
V
  • Veere. ib.
  • Veering. ib.
  • A Violl. ib.
W
  • Waft. ib.
  • The Wake. 113
  • Wale. ib.
  • Wale reared. ib.
  • Walt. ib.
  • A Warpe. ib.
  • To Warpe. ib.
  • To Wash a Ship. ib.
  • To Wash off the shore. ib.
  • Waste. ib.
  • Wast-boord. ib.

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  • Wast-clothes. 114
  • Watch. ib.
  • Water-borne. ib.
  • The Water-line. ib.
  • Water-shot. ib.
  • The Water-way. ib.
  • Waving. ib.
  • Way of a Ship. ib.
  • To Weather. ib.
  • Weather-bowe. ib.
  • Weather-coyle. 115
  • Wedges. ib.
  • The Whelpes. ib.
  • The Whipp. ib.
  • Whoodings. ib.
  • To Winde. ib.
  • Winding-Tackle. ib.
  • Wind Lasse. 116
  • Wind-Taught. ib.
  • Wood and Wood ib.
  • a Worme. ib.
  • Worming. ib.
  • To Would or Woulding. ib.
Y
  • Yard. 117
  • a Yawe. ib.
  • A Yoake. 118
FINIS.
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