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BACK of the post to BALANCE of the mizen
BACK of the post
BACK an anchor
BACK astern
BACK the sails
BACK-BOARD
BACK-STAYS
BADGE
BAGPIPE the mizen
To BALANCE
BALANCE of the mizen
BALANCE of the boom sail to BARK
BARNACLE to BEAMS
BEAMS to BED of a river
BED of a cannon to BIGHT
BILANDER to BLACK-STRAKES
BLADE to Trim the BOAT!
To bale the BOAT to BOLT-ROPE
BOMB to BOTTOM
BOTTOM to BOX-HAULING
BOXING to To BREAK-UP
BREAK-WATER to BRIDLES of the bowline
BRIG, or BRIGANTINE to Ship-BUILDING
Ship-BUILDING to BUNTINE
BUNTLINES to BUTTONS
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To BALANCE
To BALANCE, (balancer, Fr.) to contract a sail into a narrower compass, in a storm, by retrenching or folding up a part of it at one corner: this method is used in contradistinction to reefing, which is common to all the principal sails; whereas balancing is peculiar to few, Such as the mizen of a ship, and the main-sail of those vessels, wherein it is extended by a boom. See BOOM and REEF.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 28, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0102.html