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TROUGH
TROUGH, a name given to the hollow, or interval between two high waves, which resembles a broad and deep trench perpetually fluctuating As the setting of the sea is always produced by the wind, it is evident that the waves, and consequentlv the trough or hollow space between them, will be at right angles with the direction of the wind. Hence a ship rolls heaviest when she lies in the trough of the sea.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 300, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1408.html