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ABACK to ADMIRAL of the fleet
Vice-ADMIRAL to AFTER-SAILS
Vice-ADMIRAL
Rear-ADMIRAL
ADMIRALTY
ADVICE-BOAT
ADRIFT
AFLOAT
AFORE
AFT
AFTER
AFTER-SAILS
AGENT-VICTUALLER to ALL'S WELL
ALL bands high to ANCHOR
To drag the ANCHORS to To fish the ANCHOR
To sheer the ship to her ANCHOR to Top-ARMOUR
ASHORE to AUGER
AWEIGH to AZIMUTH COMPASS
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AFTER-SAILS
The AFTER-SAILS usually comprehend all those which are extended on the mizen-mast, and on the stays between the mizen and main-mast. They are opposed to the head-sails, which include all those that are spread on the fore-mast and bowsprit; and both, by their mutual operation on the opposite ends of the ship, duly balance her when under sail, See the article TRIM.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 6, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0025.html