A naval expositor : $b shewing and explaining the words and terms of art belonging to the parts, qualities, and proportions of building, rigging, furnishing, & fitting a ship for seaBlanckley, Thomas Riley
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A naval expositor : $b shewing and explaining the words and terms of art belonging to the parts, qualities, and proportions of building, rigging, furnishing, & fitting a ship for sea
Blanckley, Thomas Riley
Naval art and science -- Dictionaries
A Ship is said to be so, when she is built with small, or too upright
Rake forward on.
Board
Elm
Is used for several Services about the Yard, on board Ships, and
repairing Boats, _&c._
Firr
For sheathing Ships Bottoms, flooring their Cabbins, and making
Moulds, _&c._
Board Wainscot
For building Barges, Pinnaces and Wherries; and other Uses relating to
the Joyners.
Boats
Barge
Rows with twelve Oars; are allowed to the Flag Officers, as Pinnaces
are to Captains.
Launces
Made use of by the Master's Attendant for transporting Ships,
are built of a great Breadth, and low to the Water for the more
conveniently coyling transporting Hawsers in.
Longboat
Is the largest Boat belonging to a Ship, and the strongest built,
being used for carrying Water, or Officers Stores to and from the Ship.
Pinnace
All Ships are allowed one, for the Use of the Commanders.
Wherry
Are allowed to some of the Yard Officers.
Yawl
Are the inferior and smallest Boats allowed Ships.
BoatTackle Pendants
Are fastened with an Eye pretty near the Ends of the Fore and
Main-Yards, with Longtackle Blocks, and through them pass the Falls
which are used for hoisting in the Boat upon the Booms, or out of the
Ship.
Boatswain
Is the Officer, who receives into his Charge all the standing and
running Rigging, Cables, Cordage, Anchors, Sails, Boats, and other
Stores by Indenture.
Bollards
Are large Posts set into the Ground, on each Side of a Dock, and to
them (on docking or undocking Ships) are lashed large double or treble
Blocks, through which are reeved the Transporting Hawsers to be brought
to the Capstons.
Bolsters
The Smiths lay them on their Anvils, when they stretch or open Holes
with Pins.
Bolts
Chain
Goes through an Eye of the Chain-plate to be drove into the Ship's
Side.
Clench
When drove, are to be clench'd at each End, to keep them from starting
or flying out.
Drawn
Are of a superior Length, to be cut, upon occasion, of different
Lengths, as wanted.
Drive
Are used to drive out other Bolts.
Eye
Are drove into Ships Decks or Sides, for Tackle Hooks to hook in, when
a great Purchase is depending.
Fender
Made with thick Heads, to be drove into Waals, to save the Ship's
Sides from Bruises.
Forelock
Has a small Eye at one End, in which the Forelock is driven, to
prevent starting out.
Hatch-barr
Are small ones, for fastening the Bars down on the Hatches in Time of
Fight.
Ragg
Are full of Jaggs or Barbs on each Side, to keep them from flying out
of the Timber into which they are drove.
Ring
Serve for bringing to the Ports, when the Bars are put through their
Rings, _&c._
Sett
Are for bringing Planks or other Works close to one another.
Wrain
Has a Ring at one End for a Staff to go through, and small Holes made
toward the other End for Forelocks, and are used on Frames of Ships
for bringing Planks, _&c._ to the Sides.
Bolt Staves
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