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GAFF to GANG
GANG-BOARD to GIMBALS
GIMBLETING to Fire-GRAPPLING
GRATINGS to GROUND-TACKLE
GROWING to GUTTER-LEDGE
GROWING
GUARD-BOAT
GUARD-IRONS
GUARD-SHIP
GULF
GUNNEL or GUN-WALE
GUNNER
GUN-ROOM
GUST
GUTTER-LEDGE
GUY to GYBING
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GUST
GUST, (dragon de vent, Fr.) a sudden and violent squall of wind, bursting from the hills upon the sea, so as to endanger the shipping near the shore. These are peculiar to some coasts, as those of South-Barbary and Guinea.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 142, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0646.html