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CABIN to To CALK, or CAULK
CALL to CANNON
CANNON to CANOE
CANOE to To rig the CAPSTERN
Surge the CAPSTERN to CARPENTER of a ship
CARTEL to CATS-PAW
CARTEL
CARTRIDGE
CARTRIDGE-BOX
CAST AWAY
CASTING
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CATAMARAN
CAT-HARPINS
CAT-HEADS
CATS-PAW
CAULKING to CHANNEL
CHANNELS to CHEARLY
CHEEKS of the mast to CLINCH
CLINCHER-WORK to COASTING-PILOT
COAT to COLLIERS
COLOURS to COMPASS
COMPASSING to COVE
COUNTER to CRAWL
CREEPER to CROW-FOOT
CROWNING to CUT-WATER
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CASTING
CASTING, (abattre, Fr.) in navigation, the motion of falling off, so as to bring the direction of the wind on either side of the ship after it had blown for some time right a-head.This term is particularly applied to a ship when her anchor first loosens from the ground, when she is about to depart from any place where the had anchored; and as the had probably rested at anchor with her head to windward, it is plain she must turn it off, so as to fill the sails before she can advance in her course, which operation is called casting. Hence she is said to cast the right way, or the wrong way. See TRIM.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 78, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0300.html