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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
CUDDY
CUNNING
CURRENT
CUTTER
CUTTING-DOWN LINE
CUT-WATER
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CUTTER
CUTTER, (bateau, Fr.) a small vessel commonly navigated in the channel of England; it is furnished with one mast, and rigged as a sloop. Many of these vessels are used on an illicit trade, and others employed by the government to seize them; the latter of which are either under the direction of the Admiralty or Custom-house. See a representation of a cutter of this sort in the plate referred to from the article VESSEL.CUTTER is also a small boat used by ships of war. See BOAT.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 93, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0403.html