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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
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TYE
TYE, (itague, Fr,) a sort of runner or thick rope, used to transmit the effort of a tackle to any yard or gaff, which extends the upper part of a sail.The tye is either passed through a block fixed to the mast-head, and afterwards through another block moveable upon the yard or gaff intended to be hoisted; or the end of it is simply fastened to the said yard or gaff, after communicating with the block at the mast-head. See also the article JEARS.
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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/1420.html