Jury-mast. A small temporary mast often made of a yard; set up instead of
a mast that is broken down.
Larboard (or port). The left side of a ship looking towards the bow.
Lay to (lie to). To reduce sail to the lowest limits, so as to become
nearly stationary.
Lee. The side or direction opposite to that from which the wind comes.
Line, ship of the. A ship of sufficient size and armament to take a place
in the line of battle.
Linguist. Interpreter.
Longboat. See Boats.
Lumber. Sawn timber.
Masts:
The masts of a full-rigged three-masted ship are the following:
Fore-mast, topmast, topgallant-mast, royal mast.
Main-mast, topmast, topgallant-mast, royal mast.
Mizzen-mast, topmast, topgallant-mast, royal mast.
Monsoon. See Winds.
Mortar. A kind of gun with a very short bore. It throws its projectile at
a great elevation.
Mortar, Cohorn (see chapter 7). Cohorn was a famous Dutch engineer and
artillerist in the service of William III.
Nailed up. Spiked. To spike a gun is to render it useless for the time by
inserting into the vent a steel pin with side springs, which when
inserted open outwards to the shape of an arrowhead so that it cannot be
released.
Offing:
1. The most distant part of the sea visible from the shore.
2. A still greater distance, sufficient to avoid the dangers of shipwreck,
as "a good offing."
Overreach. To pass.
Parallel, i.e. of latitude or longitude as the case may be.
Pennant, Broad. See Commodore.
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