T
TABLING to TAIL
TAIL-BLOCK to TENDING
TAIL-BLOCK
TAKING-IN
TALLYING
TAR
TAR-PAWLING
TARTAN
TAUGHT
TAUNT
TENDER
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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TAUNT
TAUNT, (foit, Fr.) an epithet used in the sea-language, to signify high or tall. It is peculiarly expressed of the masts when they are of an extraordinary length, as square is applied to the yards on the same occasion.
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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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