MAKE

To MAKE a good board. See the article BOARD.

To MAKE the land, (decouvrir, Fr.) is to discover it from a distant situation, in consequence of approaching it after a sea-voyage: as, " In your passage to cape Tiburon, it will be necessary to make Turk's Island."

To MAKE Sail, (faire plus de voiles, Fr.) is to increase the quantity of sail already extended, either by letting out the reefs, and by hoisting an additional number of small sails, or by performing either of those exercises separately.

To MAKE sternway, (aller en arriere, Fr.) is to retreat or move with the stern foremost.

To MAKE water, (faire eau, Fr.) usually signifies to leak, unless when the epithet foul is added thereto. A ship is said to make foul water, when running in shallow water, her keel disturbs and loosens the mud. or ooze, lying at the bottom thereof.

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