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WAD to WARP
WASH to WATER-LINES
WATER-LOGGED to WAY of a ship
WEARING to WELL-ROOM
WEARING
WEATHER
WEATHER-BEATEN
To WEATHER
WEATHER-BIT
WEATHER-SHORE
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WELL
WELL of a fishing-vessel
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WEATHER-BIT
WEATHER-BIT, a turn of the cable of a ship about the end of the windlass, without the knights-heads. It is used to check the cable, in order to slacken it gradually out of the ship, in tempestuous weather, or when the ship rides in a strong current. See also RING-ROPE.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 318, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1489.html