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RABBET to RAISING a purchase
RAKE to RATES
RATES to To REEVE
RECKONING to RHOMB-LINE
RIBBANDS to RIGGING-OUT a boom
RIBBANDS
RIBS of a ship
RIBS of a parrel
RIDERS
RIDGE
RIDING
RIDING athwart
RIDING between the wind and tide
RIGGING
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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RIDING
RIDING, when expressed of a ship, is the state of being retained in a particular station, by means of one or more cables with their anchors, which are for this purpose sunk into the bottom of the sea, &c. in order to prevent the vessel from being driven at the mercy of the wind or current. See MOORING. A rope is laid to ride, when one of the turns by which it is wound about the cap stern or windlass lies over another, so as to interrupt the operation of heaving.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 243, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1070.html