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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
CROWNING to CUT-WATER
CROWNING
CRUISE
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CUNNING
CURRENT
CUTTER
CUTTING-DOWN LINE
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CRUISE
CRUISE, (campaigne croiser, Fr.) a voyage or expedition in quest of vessels or fleets of the enemy, which may be expected to sail through any particular tract of the sea at a certain season of the year. The region in which these cruises are performed is usually termed the rendezvous, or cruising-latitude. When the ships employed for this purpose, which are accordingly called cruisers, have arrived at their destined station, they traverse the sea backward and forward, under an easy sail, and within a limited space, conjectured to be nearly in the track of their expected adversaries.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 91, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0397.html