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TABLING to TAIL
TAIL-BLOCK to TENDING
TENON to TIDE
TIER to TOGGEL
TOMPION to TOPPING
TOPPING-LIFT to TRACT-SCOUT
TOPPING-LIFT
TORNADO
TOUCHING
TOUCHING-AT
To TOW
TOW-LINE
TOW-ROPE
TRACING-LINE
TRACK of a ship
TRACT-SCOUT
TRACTING to TREE-NAILS
TRESTLE-TREES to TRIP
TRIPPING to TRYING
TUCK to TYE
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TOPPING-LIFT
TOPPING-LIFT, (balancine degui, Fr.) a large and strong tackle, employed to suspend or top the outer end of a gaff, or of the boom of a main-sail and fore-sail; such as are used in brigs, sloops, or schooners. See SQUARE.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 295, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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