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To LABOUR to LAND-FALL
LAND-LOCKED to LASHING
LATEEN-SAIL to LEE-SIDE
LEEWARD-SHIP to LIE ALONG
LEEWARD-SHIP
LEEWARD
LEE-WAY
LEECHES
LEECH-LINES
LEECH-ROPE
LENGTHENING
LET
LETTER OF MART
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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LET
To LET in, (enclaver, Fr.) amongst ship[w]rights, is to fix a diminished part of one plank, or piece of timber into a vacancy, formed in another for this purpose. See RABBIT.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 176, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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