ALL _in the wind_, the state of a ship’s sails when they are parallel to the direction of the wind, so as to shake and shiver, by turning the ship’s head to windward, either by design, or neglect of the helm’s man. ALL’_s well_! an acclamation of safety or security pronounced by a centinel, and repeated by all the others who are stationed in different places of a ship of war, at the time of striking the bell each half-hour during the period of the night watch. ALL _hands high_, or ALL _hands hoay_! _tout le monde haut!_ the call or order by which all the ship’s company are summoned upon deck by the boatswain. ALOFT, _en haut_, (_loffter_, to lift up, Dan.) up in the tops, at the mast-heads, or any where about the higher yards or rigging. ALONG-_side_, _bord à bord_, _flanc & flanc_, side by side, or joined to a ship, wharf, &c. and lying parallel thereto. To lay ALONG-_side_, _alonger_, to arrange a ship by the side of another. ALONG-_shore_, along the coast; this phrase is commonly applied to coasting-navigation, or to a course which is in sight of, and nearly parallel to, the shore. _Lying_ ALONG, _à la bande_, (_au longe_, Fr.) the state of being pressed down sideways by a weight of sail in a fresh wind that crosses the ship’s course either directly or obliquely. ALOOF, _lof_, this has frequently been mentioned as a sea-term, but whether justly or not we shall not presume to determine; it is known in common discourse to imply, at a distance; and the resemblance of the phrases, _keep aloof_, and _keep a luff_, or _keep the luff_, in all probability gave rise to this conjecture. If it was really a sea-phrase originally, it seems to have referred to the dangers of a lee-shore, in which situation the pilot might naturally apply it in the sense commonly understood, _viz._ keep _all off_, or quite off: it is, however, never expressed in that manner by seamen now. See LUFF. It may not be improper to observe, that, besides using this phrase in the same sense with us, the French also call the weather side of a ship, and the weather clue of a course, _le lof_. AMAIN, _cale-tout_, (from _main_, or _maigne_, old French) at once, suddenly; as, let go _amain_! i. e. let it run at once. This phrase is generally applied to any thing that is hoisted or lowered by a tackle, or complication of pullies. AMIDSHIPS, the middle of the ship, either with regard to her length or breadth. Example in the first sense; The enemy boarded us _amidships_, i. e. in the middle, between the stem and stern. Example in the second sense; Put the helm _amidships_, i. e. in the middle, between the two sides. ANCHOR, _ancre_ (_anchora_, Lat. from αγκυρα, Greek) a heavy, strong, crooked instrument of iron, dropped from a ship into the bottom of the water, to retain her in a convenient station in a harbour, road, or river.