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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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BROKEN-BACKED
BROKEN-BACKED, (arqué, Fr.) the state or quality of a ship, which is so loosened in her frame, either by age, weakness, or some great strain, as to droop at each end.This circumstance is more common amongst French than the English or Dutch ships, owing partly to their great length, and to the sharpness of the floor, whose breadth is not sufficiently carried from the middle towards each end; and partly from being frequently obliged to have a great weight in both ends, when they are empty in the middle, at the time of discharging one cargo and taking in another. See CAMBERING.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 51, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0220.html