BUCKLERS. Two blocks of wood fitted together to stop the hawse-holes, leaving only sufficient space between them for the cable to pass, and thereby preventing the ship taking in much water in a heavy head-sea. They are either _riding_ or _blind bucklers_ (which see). BUCKRA. A term for white man, used by the blacks in the West Indies, Southern States of America, and the African coast. BUCK-WEEL. A bow-net for fish. BUDE. An old name for the biscuit-weevil. BUDGE-BARREL. A small cask with copper and wooden hoops, and one head formed by a leather hose or bag, drawing close by a string, for carrying powder in safety from sparks. In heraldry, the common bucket is called a water bouget or budget. BUDGEROW. A cabined passage-boat of the Ganges and Hooghly. BUFFET A BILLOW, TO. To work against wind and tide. BUG. An old term for a vessel more remarkable in size than efficiency. Thus, when Drake fell upon Cadiz, his sailors regarded the huge galleys opposed to them as mere "great bugges." BUGALILO. A large trading-boat of the Gulf of Persia; the _buglo_ of our seamen. BUGAZEENS. An old commercial term for calicoes. BUILD. A vessel's form or construction. BUILD A CHAPEL, TO. To turn a ship suddenly by negligent steerage. BUILDER'S CERTIFICATE. A necessary document in admiralty courts, containing a true account of a ship's denomination, tonnage, trim, where built, and for whom. BUILDING. The work of constructing ships, as distinguished from naval architecture, which may rather be considered as the art or theory of delineating ships on a plane. The pieces by which this complicated machine is framed, are joined together in various places by scarfing, rabbeting, tenanting, and scoring. BUILT. A prefix to denote the construction of a vessel, as carvel or clinker-built, bluff-built, frigate-built, sharp-built, &c.; English, French, or American built, &c. BUILT-BLOCK. Synonymous with _made-block_ (which see). The lower masts of large ships are built or made.