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
FORE-CAT-HARPINS to FORE-STAY
FORE-TOP to FOTHERING
FOUL to FRESH
FOUL
To FOUNDER
FOX
FRAME
FRAPING
FRAPING a ship
FREEING
FREEZING
FREIGHT
FRESH
To FRESHEN the bawse to FUTTOCK-SHROUDS
Search
Contact us
FOUL
FOUL, (empechée, Fr.) as a sea term, is generally used in opposition to clear, and implies entangled, embarrassed, or contrary, in the following senses:A ship ran foul of us in the river, i.e. entangled herself amongst our rigging.
FOUL, when expressed of a ship's bottom, denotes that it is very dirty; as being covered with grass, sea-weeds, shells, or other filth which gathers on it during the course of a long voyage. When understood of the ground or bottom of a road, bay, sea coast, or harbour, mal sain, Fr. it signifies rocky, or abounding with shallows, or otherwise dangerous.
When spoken of the hawse, it means that the cables are turned round each other, by the winding or turning about of the ship while she rides at anchor. See ELBOW and HAWSE.
FOUL, when applied to the wind, is used to express that it is unfavourable, or contrary to the ship's course, as opposed to large or fair.
 |
Reference Works |  |
© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 133, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0578.html