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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
CAULKING to CHANNEL
CHANNELS to CHEARLY
CHEEKS of the mast to CLINCH
CHEEKS of the mast
CHES-TREES
Clerk of the CHECK
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CHOCK
CLAMPS
CLAWING, or CLAWING-OFF
CLEAR
CLEATS
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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CHES-TREES
CHES-TREES, (taquets d'amure, Fr.) two pieces of wood bolted perpendicularly, one on the starboard, and the other on the larboard side of the ship. They are used to confine the clue, or lower corners of the main-sail; for which purpose there is a hole in the upper part through which the rope passes that usually extends the clue of the sail to windward. See the article TACK.The ches-trees are commonly placed as far before the main-mast as the length of the main-beam.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 81, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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