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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
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
BOXING
BRACE
BRACKETS
BRAILS
BRAKE
BREADTH
BREADTH-SWEEP
BREAKERS
BREAKING-BULK
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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BRAILS
BRAILS, (cargues, breuils, Fr.) certain ropes passing through pullies on the mizen-mast, and afterwards fastened, in different places, on the hinder, or aftrnost ridge of the sail, in order to truss it up to the mast, as occasion requires. See MIZEN.BRAILS, is likewise a general name given to all the ropes which are employed to haul up, or collect to their yards, the bottoms, lower corners, and skirts of the other great sails, for the more ready furling them whenever it shall be necessary. The operation of thus drawing them together, is called brailing them up, or hauling them up in the brails. See the article SAIL.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 47, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0197.html