BACON, TO SAVE. This is an old shore-saw, adopted in nautical phraseology for expressing "to escape," but generally used in _pejus ruere_; as in Gray's _Long Story_. (_See_ FOUL HAWSE.) BAD-BERTH. A foul or rocky anchorage. BADDERLOCK. The _Fucus esculentus_, a kind of eatable sea-weed on our northern shores. Also called _pursill_. BADDOCK. A name from the Gaelic for the fry of the _Gadus carbonarius_, or coal-fish. BADGE. Quarter badges. False quarter-galleries in imitation of frigate-built ships. Also, in naval architecture, a carved ornament placed on the outside of small ships, very near the stern, containing either a window, or the representation of one, with marine decorations. BADGE, SEAMAN'S. _See_ GOOD-CONDUCT BADGE. BADGER, TO. To tease or confound by frivolous orders. BADGER-BAG. The fictitious Neptune who visits the ship on her crossing the line. BAD-NAME. This should be avoided by a ship, for once acquired for inefficiency or privateer habits, it requires time and reformation to get rid of it again. "Give a dog a bad name" most forcibly exemplified. Ships have endured it even under repeated changes of captains--one ship had her name changed, but she became worse. BAD-RELIEF. One who turns out sluggishly to relieve the watch on deck. (_See_ ONE-BELL.) BAESSY. The old orthography of the gun since called _base_. BAFFLING. Is said of the wind when it frequently shifts from one point to another. BAG. A commercial term of quantity; as, a bread or biscuit _bag_, a sand-_bag_, &c. An empty purse.--_To bag on a bowline_, to be leewardly, to drop from a course. BAG, OF THE HEAD-RAILS. The lowest part of the head-rails, or that part which forms the sweep of the rail. BAG, THE. Allowed for the men to keep their clothes in. The _ditty bag_ included needles and needfuls, love-tokens, jewels, &c. BAGALA. A rude description of high-sterned vessel of various burdens, from 50 to 300 tons, employed at Muskat and on the shores of Oman: the word signifying _mule_ among the Arabs, and therefore indicative of carrying rather than sailing. BAG AND BAGGAGE. The whole movable property. BAGGAGE. The necessaries, utensils, and apparel of troops. BAGGAGE-GUARD. A small proportion of any body of troops on the march, to whom the care of the whole baggage is assigned. BAGGETY. The fish otherwise called the lump or sea-owl (_Cyclopterus lumpus_). BAGGONET. The old term for bayonet, and not a vulgarism. BAGNIO. A sort of barrack in Mediterranean sea-ports, where the galley-slaves and convicts are confined. BAGPIPE. _To bagpipe the mizen_ is to lay it aback, by bringing the sheet to the mizen-shrouds. BAG-REEF. A fourth or lower reef of fore-and-aft sails, often used in the royal navy.--_Bag-reef of top-sails_, first reef (of five in American navy); a short reef, usually taken in to prevent a large sail from bagging when on a wind. BAGREL. A minnow or baggie. BAGUIO. A rare but dreadfully violent wind among the Philippine Isles.