O
OAKHAM or OAKUM to OPEN with a place
OAKHAM or OAKUM
OAR
OBSERVATION
OFF
OFFING
OFFWARD
OKER
OLERON
OPEN to the wind or sea
OPEN with a place
OPENING to OUT-FIT
OUT OF TRIM to OWNER
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OFF
OFF, an expression applied to the movement of a ship, when she sails out from the shore towards the distant sea. When a ship is beating to windward, so that by one board the approaches towards the shore, and by the other sails out to sea-ward, the is said to stand off and on shore, alternately. Hence,
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 207, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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