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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
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UNREEVING
To UNRIG a ship
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To UNDER-RUN
To UNDER-RUN, (parcourir, Fr.) to pass under or examine any part of a cable or other rope,in order to discover whether it is damaged or intangled.It is usual to under-run the cables in particular harbours., as well to cleanse them with brooms and brushes from any filth, ooze, shells, &c. collected in the stream; as to examine whether they have sustained any injury under the surface of the water; as, from rocky ground, or by the friction against other cables or anchors.
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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/1425.html