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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
TRACTING to TREE-NAILS
TRESTLE-TREES to TRIP
TRIPPING to TRYING
TUCK to TYE
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TURNING-to-windward
TURNING-to-windward, (chicaner le vent, Fr.) that operation in sailing wherein a ship endeavours to make a progress against the direction of the wind, by a compound course, inclined to the place of her destination. This method of navigation is otherwise called plying. See also BEATING and TACKING.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 302, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1419.html