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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
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CUTTING-DOWN LINE
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CUT-WATER
CUT-WATER, the foremost part of a ship's prow, formed of an assemblage of several pieces of timber, to render it broad at the upper part, where it projects forward from the stem to open the column of water as the ship sails along, and also to make her keep to windward better, when she is close-hauled. It is otherwise called the knee of the head. See the article STEM; see also the several parts of it represented in plate I. PIECES of the HULL.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 94, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0405.html