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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

RIGHTING to ROBANDS, or ROPE BANDS

ROGUES-YARN to ROUND-HOUSE

ROUNDING to ROYAL
ROUNDING
ROUNDING-IN
ROUNDING-UP
To ROW
ROW-GALLEY
ROW-LOCKS
ROWERS
ROWING-GUARD
ROWSING
ROYAL

RUDDER to RUNNING-RIGGING


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ROUNDING-IN

ROUNDING-IN generally implies the act of pulling upon any rope which passes through one or more blocks, in a direction nearly horizontal; as, round-in the weather-braces! &c. It is apparently derived from the circular motion of the rope about the sheave or pulley through which it passes.


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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 248, 2003
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