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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EAring.

Is that peece or part of the Bolt-roape which at all the fower corners of the saile is left open, as it were a ring; The two uppermost are put over the ends of the yards or yard armes, and so the saile is at those two ends made fast to the yard, into the lowermost, the tacks and sheates are seased, or as the more proper terme is, they are bent unto the clew.

To Ease.

This word is used in the same sence at sea, as otherwise we use the word stook, for generally, when we would have any roape slacker and not so hard strained, we say Ease it, (as ease the bowlings, sheates, &c.) only when the tack should be slackned; the proper terme is, let rise the tack, which is a very fit terme, in respect that the tack beng loosed, it rises up from the Chestrees unto which it was haled close.

An Eddy.

Is the running back of the water in some place, contrary

to the Tide, and so falling into the Tide againe, which happens by reason of some head-land, or great point, in a River comming out suddenly, and so hindring the full passage of the water, which is had in the Chan∣nell before it came to the point.

An Eddy-wind.

Is that wind, which recoyles, or returnes back from any saile, hawse, or the like, going contrary to that wind where it pro∣ceeds, but is never so strong as the other.

End for End.

That is a terme used, when any roape doth run all out of the block, so that it is un-reeved; or as when a cabell or hawse, doth run all out at the hawse, which may happen, either of purpose, to save the Cabell, or by chance, when comming to an Anchor, if they should misse laying on the stoppers, or that the stoppers should breake, then they say, the cabell at the hawse is run-out End for End.

Enter.

To Enter, is to come into a ship, but in fight, they must be carefull to cleere the Decks with Fire-pots, or the like, if it be possible from the traines of powder, before men doe enter; for it happens many times, that there are more men lost in a minute, by entring, then in long fight boord and boord; and therefore being so dangerous, it is fit, that men should be well advised first, though many times if a ship be not well provided of close fights, it is the speediest and safest way of taking them.

Entring-ladder.

Of this there are two, the one, which is used by the ships side, in Harbour, and faire weather, with Entring-roapes to it: this is all made of wood, the other is made of roapes, with small staves for stepps, which is hung over the gallery, for entring out of the Boate in fowle weather, when by reason of the ships heaving and setting, they dare not bring the Boate to the ship-side, for feare of staveing.

Entring-roape.

Is the roape which hangs by the side of the ship, in the waste, where men doe usually come a-boord the ship out of a boate, but it is taken generally for any roape which is given a man to enter by.

Eyes.

The hole wherein the ring of the Anchor is put, is called the Eye of the Anchor, also the compasse, or ring, which is left of the strap whereunto a block is seased, is called the Eye of the strap.

Eylot-holes.

Are those round holes alongst the bottom of those sailes, unto which doe belong Bonnets, and the Bonnets have the same for the Drablers, they have a little line sowen about them, to make

them strong; and serve for no other use but to receive into them the Latchets of the Bonnets, or, Drablers, with which the Bonnet is lased to the Cowrse, and the Drabler to the Bonner.