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GRIPING
GRIPING, (ardent, Fr.) the inclination of a ship to run to windward of her course, particularly when she sails with the wind on her beam or quarter. This effect is partly occasioned by the shock of the waves that strike the ship perpetually on the weather-quarter, and force the stern to leeward; but chiefly by the arrangement of the sails, which disposes the ship continually to edge to windward, while in this situation of sailing.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 141, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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