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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Naval art and science -- Dictionaries -- English.
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A Breize.

Is a wind, which blowes out of the sea, and doth daily in all seasonable weather, keep his course, beginning likely about nine in the morning, and lasting til it be within little of night we do not com∣monly call al winds that blow off the sea upon any coasts, Breizes, unlesse

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it be there where this course is certaine, or rarely misses but in stormes and fowle weather: As for example; here on our coast, the winds are never extreame, but on the coast of Barbery, and other places more southerly, they are certaine to have the wind off the land all night, and off the sea all day. This Breize is also called a sea turne.

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