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
Are placed on the Wharfs for hoisting up Anchors, Timber, and other
bulky Weights.
Cranes Chimney
For hanging a Kettle or Pot on in the Cook Room.
Cranes Gangway
Are hung in the Wast of the Ship, and when Deals are laid on them, make
a Gangway from the Quarter Deck to the Fore-Castle.
Crank
A Term for a Ship that cannot bear her Sails for fear of overseting, or
cannot be brought on Ground without Danger of injureing her Body.
Cranks
Bell
Made fast to the Stock, for ringing it.
Lantern
Supports the Lanterns, either at the Ship's Stern, or at the Round Top.
Creeper
Made like a Grapnel, but without Flooks, the Use of which is to recover
sunken Stores that may be lost over-board.
Cringles
Are small Pieces of Rope spliced into the Body Rope of Courses and
Topsails, and are,
_First_, The Bowline Cringle, to which the Bowline Bridle is fastened.
_Second_, Leech Cringle, where the Leechlines and Clewgarnets are made
fast.
_Third_, Reef Cringle, to which is fastened the Reef-tackle Tye.
There are also Cringles made of Iron, which are Rings to go round the
Stays of Hoys or Yachts, and are seized to their Fore-sails and Jibbs
for the more easy hoisting them.
Crossjack
Is a Yard flung at the upper End of the Mizon Mast under the Top; it
hath no Halyards belonging to it; its Use is to spread and hawl Home
the Mizon-top-sail Sheats.
Crosspiece.
Is a great Piece of Timber which goes a-cross the Bitts of a Ship, and
about which several Turns of the Cable are taken when she Rides at
Anchor.
Crosstrees.
Are Pieces that go a-cross the Tressle-trees at each of the standing
Mast-heads; there are two and three to a Top-mast.
Crotches
Are very crooked Pieces of Timber in the Hold or Bread-room, from the
Mizon Step Aft, fayd cross the Keelson to strengthen the Ship in the
Wake of the half Timbers.
Crotches Iron
Are used on board Sloops or Long Boats, which go with Shoulder of
Mutton Sails, for their Boom to lodge upon.
Crows
Are made with a Claw at one End, and a sharp Point at the other, and
used for heaving or purchasing great Weights.
Crowfoot
Are small Ropes put through the Holes of dead Eyes, and divided into
several Parts, and spreads from the Rim of the Tops, pointways to a
Tackle on the Stays, for preventing the Topsails getting foul of them.
Cuddy
Is a Place upon the Quarter Deck Afore the Captain's Cabbin. When an
Admiral is on board, it is divided into Partitions for the Secretary's
Office.
Culm
Is used for burning _Plymouth_ Marble Stone, or Chalk, to make Lime.
Davit
A Piece of Timber in a Ship having a Notch at one End, in which, by a
Strap, hangs a Block called the Fish Pendant Block, the Use of which
is, to hawl up the Flook of the Anchor, in order to fasten it to the
Ship's Bow; this Davit is shiftable from one Side to the other as
occasion serves.
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