O
OAKHAM or OAKUM to OPEN with a place
OPENING to OUT-FIT
OPENING
ORDINARY
ORLOP
OVER-BOARD
OVER-CAST-STAFF
OVER-HAULING
OVER-MASTED
OVER-SETTING
OUT
OUT-FIT
OUT OF TRIM to OWNER
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OVER-SETTING
OVER-SETTING, (chavirer, Fr.) the act of turning any thing upside down also the movement of a ship when she over-turns, faire-capot, so that the keel becomes above the water, and the masts under the surface.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 209, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0917.html