Eight. See Pieces of.
Embargo. A temporary order from Government to prevent the arrival or
departure of ships.
Fetch (the wake of). To reach the track left by a ship.
File (of musketeers). Latin filum, French file = a row. The word is used
to signify any line of men standing directly behind one another. In
ordinary two-deep formations a file consists of two men, one in the front
rank and one in the rear rank.
Fishing (a mast). To strengthen or mend a mast by fastening strips of
wood or iron along a weak or broken place.
Foot-rope. A rope stretched under a yard arm for sailors to stand on
while reefing or furling sails.
Fore-cap. The cap is a stout block joining the bottom of one mast to the
top of another; as where the foretopmast joins the foremast.
Foremast, foretopmast, etc. See Mast.
Fore-reach. To gain upon or pass; to beat in sailing.
Foreyard. The lowest yard on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel.
Grapnel. A boat's anchor having more than two flukes. Come to grapnel,
cf. Come to anchor.
Half-galleys. A galley is a low, flat-built sea-going vessel with one
deck, propelled by sails and oars. A half-galley is a similar vessel, but
much shorter.
Half-pike. See Pike.
Hand (the sails). To furl.
Hawser. A large rope or small cable.
Indulgences. The remission by authorised priests of the punishment due to
sin. The sale of indulgences was one of the abuses that provoked the
Reformation.
Jerk. To cure meat, especially beef, by cutting it into long thin slices
and drying it in the sun.
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