B
BACK of the post to 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
BED of a cannon
BELAY
BEND
To BEND
BENDING the cable
BENDING a sail
BENDS
BETWEEN DECKS
BEVELLING
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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BIGHT
BIGHT, (balant, Fr. bygan, Sax. to bend) the double part of a rope when it is folded, in contradistinction to the end: as, her anchor hooked the bight of our cable, i. e. caught any part of it between the ends. The bight of his cable has swept our anchor; that is, the double part of the cable of another ship, as she ranged about, has entangled itself under the stock or fluke of our anchor.BIGHT, (anfi, Fr.) is also a small bay between two points of land.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 34, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0143.html