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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
Ship-BUILDING to BUNTINE
Ship-BUILDING
BUILT
In-BULK
BULK-HEADS
BULL-EYE
BUM-BOAT
BUMKIN, or BOOMKIN
BUNT
BUNTINE
BUNTLINES to BUTTONS
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BUNT
BUNT, the middle-part, or cavity of the principal square sails, as the main-sail, fore-sail, top-sails, and top-gallant-sails. If one of those sails is supposed to be divided into four equal parts, from one tide to the other, then may the two middle divisions, which comprehend half of the sail, be properly called the limits of the bunt.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 55, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0232.html