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ABACK to ADMIRAL of the fleet
Vice-ADMIRAL to AFTER-SAILS
AGENT-VICTUALLER to ALL'S WELL
AGENT-VICTUALLER
AGROUND
AHEAD
To run AHEAD
Line AHEAD
A-HULL
AIM
ALEE
ALL in the wind
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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A-HULL
A-HULL (à sec, à mâts, & à cordes, Fr. from a and hull) the situation of a ship when all her sails are furled on account of the violence of the storm, and, when having lashed her helm on the lee-side, she lies nearly with her side to the wind and sea, her head being somewhat inclined to the direction of the wind. See this further explained in the article TRYING.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 7, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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