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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
RUDDER to RUNNING-RIGGING
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RUNNING-OUT
RUNNING-OUT a warp, the act of carrying the end of a rope out from the ship, in a boat, and fastening it to same distant place, to remove the ship towards the said place, or keep her steady whilst her anchors are lifted, &c.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 249, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1109.html