B
BACK of the post to BALANCE of the mizen
BALANCE of the boom sail to BARK
BALANCE of the boom sail
BALLAST
BANIAN-DAYS
BANK
BANK of oars
BANKER
BAR
BARCA-LONGA
BARGE
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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BARGE
BARGE, (bargie, Dut.) a vessel or boat of state, furnished with elegant apartments, canopies, and cushions; equipped with a band of rowers, and decorated with flags and streamers: they are generally used for processions on the water, by noblemen, officers of state, or magistrates of great cities. Of this Sort we may naturally suppose the famous barge or galley of Cleopatra, which, according to Shakespeare,
_____' Like a burnish'd throne
Burnt on the water; the poop was beaten gold;
Purple her sails, and so perfumed, that
The winds were love-sick with them: the oars were silver,
Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made
The water which they beat to follow faster,
As amorous of their strokes ----
-----------------------------At the helm
A seeming mermaid steer'd: the silken tackles
Swell'd with the touches of those flower-soft hands
That yarely form'd their office.'-----
There are likewise other barges of a smaller kind, for the use of admirals and captains of ships of war. These are of a lighter frame, and may be easily hoisted into, and out of the ships to which they occasionally belong. See BOAT.
BARGE, (cabotiere, Fr.) is also the name of a flat-bottomed vessel of burthen, for lading and discharging ships, and removing their cargoes from place to place in a harbour.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 30, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0112.html