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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
EMBARGO
EMBAYED, from bay
ENGAGEMENT
ENGAGEMENT to ENGAGEMENT
ENSIGN to EXERCISE
EXERCISE to EYES of a ship
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EDDY
EDDY, (remoux, Fr. ed, backward, again, and ea, water, Sax.) the water that, by some interruption in it's course, runs contrary to the direction of any river, or current, and appears like the motion of a whirlpool.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 104, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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