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EARINGS to ENGAGEMENT
EARINGS
EASE the ship!
To EASE off, or EASE away
EBB
EDDY
To EDGE away
ELBOW in the hawse
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EMBAYED, from bay
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To EASE off, or EASE away
To EASE off, or EASE away, (molir, filer, Fr.) to slacken gradually any single rope, or complication of ropes, formed into a tackle.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 104, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0463.html