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To UNBALAST to To UNRIG a ship
To UNBALAST
UNBENDING
UNBITTING
To UNDER-RUN
To UNDER-RUN a tackle
UNDER SAIL
UNLACING
To UNMOOR
UNREEVING
To UNRIG a ship
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UNBENDING
UNBENDING, (désemarrer, Fr.) generally implies the act of taking off the sails from their yards and stays; of cutting loose the anchors from their cables, or of untying one rope from another. See also BEND.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 308, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1423.html