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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 athwart

RIDING athwart, the position of a ship which lies across the direction of the wind and tide, when the former is so strong as to prevent her from falling into the current of the latter.


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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 243, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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