ASTROLABE, a nocturnal.

ATRAIT & à rame, to advance with sails and oars.

ATTEINDRE, to join a ship at sea, either by accident or pursuit.

ATTELIER de Construction, a shed or store-house to contain shipwrights tools; also a loft or work-house near the dock ; or a wharf, &c. for building sea-vessels. See CHANTIER.

ATTÉRAGE, a land-fall. Whence

ATTERIR, to make the land.

ATTERRISSEMENT, a mound or bank of earth thrown up near the margin of a river, by violent freshes or storms.

ATTOLONS, a cluster of keys or small islands, a chain of rocks.

ATTRAPE, pendent or guy of the relieving ing tackle used in careening a ship. See CORDE de retenue.

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