A
ABACK to ADMIRAL of the fleet
Vice-ADMIRAL to 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
To sheer the ship to her ANCHOR
To shoe the ANCHOR
To weigh the ANCHOR
ANCHOR-ground
AN-END
APEEK
APRON
Naval ARCHITECTURE
ARMED-SHIP
Top-ARMOUR
ASHORE to AUGER
AWEIGH to AZIMUTH COMPASS
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APEEK
APEEK (àpique, Fr.) perpendicular to the anchor; a ship is said to be in this situation, when the cable is drawn so tight into the bow as to bring her directly over the anchor, so that the cable bears right down from the ship's stem.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 10, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0061.html