F
FACTOR to To FALL a-stern
To FALL calm to FETCHING the pump
FID to FIRE-SHIP
FISH to To FLAT-IN
To FLAT-IN FORWARD to FLUSH
FLY of an ensign to FORE-CASTLE
FLY of an ensign
FLY-BOAT, or FLIGHT
FOG
FOOT of a sail
FOOT-ROPE
FOOT-WALEING
FORE
FORE AND AFT
FORE-BOWLINE
FORE-CASTLE
FORE-CAT-HARPINS to FORE-STAY
FORE-TOP to FOTHERING
FOUL to FRESH
To FRESHEN the bawse to FUTTOCK-SHROUDS
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FLY-BOAT, or FLIGHT
FLY-BOAT, or FLIGHT, a large flat-bottomed Dutch vessel, whole burthen is generally from four to six hundred tons. It is distinguished by a stern remarkably high, resembling a Gothic turret, and by a very broad buttock below.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 132, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0549.html