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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
CLINCHER-WORK to COASTING-PILOT
COAT to COLLIERS
COLOURS to COMPASS
COMPASSING to COVE
COUNTER to CRAWL
CREEPER to CROW-FOOT
CREEPER
CREW of a ship
CRINGLE
CROSS-JACK
CROSS-PIECE
CROSS-TREES
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CROWNING to CUT-WATER
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CROSS-TREES
CROSS-TREES, (barres de hune, Fr.) certain pieces of timber supported by the cheeks and trestle-trees, at the upper-ends of the lower-masts, athwart which they are laid, to sustain the frame of the top.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 90, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0391.html