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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
BREAK-WATER to BRIDLES of the bowline
BRIG, or BRIGANTINE to Ship-BUILDING
BRIG, or BRIGANTINE
To BRING by the lee
To BRING-TO
To BRING-up
To BROACH-TO
BROADSIDE
BROKEN-BACKED
BUCCANEER
Ship-BUILDING
Ship-BUILDING to BUNTINE
BUNTLINES to BUTTONS
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To BRING-TO
To BRING-TO, (caposer, Fr.) in navigation, to check the course of a ship when she is advancing, by arranging the sails in such a manner as that they shall counteract each other, and prevent her either from retreating or moving forward. In this situation the ship is said to lie-by, or lie-to, having, according to the sea-phrase, some of her sails aback, to oppose the force of those which are full; or having them otherwise shortened by being furled, or hauled up in the brails.BRINGING-TO, is generally used to detain a ship in any particular station, in order to wait the approach of some other that may be advancing towards her: or to retard her course occasionally near any port in the course of a voyage.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 50, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0216.html