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To LABOUR to LAND-FALL
To LABOUR
To LABOUR, (travailler, Fr.) as a sea-term, implies to roll or pitch heavily in a turbulent sea; an effect, by which the masts and hull of the ship are greatly endangered, because by the rolling motion the masts strain upon their shrouds with an effort, which increases as the sine of their obliquity: and the continual agitation of the vessel gradually loosens her joints, and often makes her extremely leaky.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 169, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0775.html