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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Subject terms: Naval art and science -- Dictionaries -- English.
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Is to lade water out of the Ships hould, with Buckets, Cans or the like; This because it is more labour, and tires men soo∣ner, and doth not deliver so much as all the Pumps will; we never use, but in great extremities, when either a leake doth over-grow the deli∣vering of the Pumps, or else that the Pumps doe faile us a which happens many times in extraordinary pumping, that the pumps with overmuch wearing, draw wind or chance to be stoaked, or else the pump boxes; Irons or the like doe faile us.