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To LABOUR to LAND-FALL
LAND-LOCKED to LASHING
LAND-LOCKED
LANGREL, or LANGRAGE
LANIARD
LANTHORN
LAP-SIDED
LARBOARD
LARBOARD-WATCH
LARGE
LARGE, Sailing
LASHING
LATEEN-SAIL to LEE-SIDE
LEEWARD-SHIP to LIE ALONG
LIE TO to LIMBER-BOARDS
LIMBER-ROPE to LOG-BOOK
LONG-BOAT to LUFF
LUFF-TACKLE to LYING-TO in a storm
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LANTHORN
LANTHORN, a well-known machine, of which there are many used in a ship, particularly for the purpose of directing the course of other ships in a fleet or convoy: such are the poop and top-lanthorns, &c.LEAKY
LEAKY, the state of a ship when abounding with leaks.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, pages 171 - 176, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0788.html