Beare-off.
When a Ship would not come neere a Land, or an other ship, but goes more Roomer then her course doth lye, we say that she beares off from the Land. Also, when we tell how one head-Land Iseland ship, or the like, doth lye from another, that is, upon what point of the Compasse, we say, they beare right East, or West, or otherwise, off one an other: In hoysing any thing into the ship, if it hath hold by any part of the ship, or Ordnance or the like, they say beare it off from the ship-side: So if they would have the breetch or mouth of a peece of Ordnance or the like, put from-ward one, they say, beare-off, or beare-about the breetch; So that generally, Sea-men use this word beare off (in businesse belonging to shipping) instead of the word thrust off, which to the like sense, is most commonly used amongst others.