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ROUNDING to ROYAL
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ROWSING
ROWSING, the act of pulling together upon a cable, hawser, &c. without the assistance of tackles, capsterns, or other mechanical powers. It is particularly used in the exercise of removing a ship from one place to another, by means of ropes and anchors. See the article WARPING.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 248, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1103.html