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WAD to WARP
WASH to WATER-LINES
WATER-LOGGED to WAY of a ship
WEARING to WELL-ROOM
WHARF to WIND
WIND to WINDLASS
WIND
Reigning WIND
To WIND
To WINDWARD
WINDAGE
WINDING a Call
WINDING-TACKLE
WINDLASS
WINDSAIL to WRECK
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To WIND
To WIND a ship or boat, is to change her position, by bringing the stern to lie in the situation of the head; or directly opposite to its former situation.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 323, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1509.html