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RABBET to RAISING a purchase
RABBET
RACK
RACKING
RAFT
RAFT-PORT
RAG-BOLT
RAILS
RAILS of the head
To RAISE
RAISING a purchase
RAKE to RATES
RATES to To REEVE
RECKONING to RHOMB-LINE
RIBBANDS to RIGGING-OUT a boom
RIGHTING to ROBANDS, or ROPE BANDS
ROGUES-YARN to ROUND-HOUSE
ROUNDING to ROYAL
RUDDER to RUNNING-RIGGING
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RACK
RACK, (rasteau, Fr.) a frame of timber, containing several sheaves, and usually fixed on the opposite sides of a ship's bowsprit, to direct the sailors to the respective ropes passing through it, also which are attached to the sails on the bowsprit. [check]
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 229, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1026.html