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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
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To EDGE away
To EDGE away, (abbattre, Fr.) in navigation, to decline gradually from the shore, or from the line of the course which the ship formerly steered: it is particularly applied when a ship changes her course, by sailing nearer the direction of the wind; or, in the sea-language, by sailing larger, or more afore the wind, than the had done before that operation.
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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/0466.html