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TABLING to TAIL
TABLING
TACK
To TACK
TACKLE
Ground TACKLE
TACK-TACKLE
Winding TACKLE
TAFFEREL
TAIL

TAIL-BLOCK to TENDING

TENON to TIDE

TIER to TOGGEL

TOMPION to TOPPING

TOPPING-LIFT to TRACT-SCOUT

TRACTING to TREE-NAILS

TRESTLE-TREES to TRIP

TRIPPING to TRYING

TUCK to TYE


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TAIL

TAIL, a name given by sailors to the extremities of a hurricane, wherein the violence is considerably exhausted.


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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 290, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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