BOULON, an iron bolt. See CHEVILLE.

BOULONS d'affût, the bolts of the gun-carriages.

BOUQUE, an entrance or channel between islands, or in narrow seas.

BOUQUETS, the fore-thwarts, or fore-sheets of a boat.

BOURCER un voile, to carry a sail clewed up, or hauled up in the brails. See CARGUER.

BOURCET, a name given to the fore-sail and fore-mast of small vessels in the English Channel.

BOURGEOIS, the proprietor or owner of a ship.

BOURGEOIS is also the person who bargains with a shipwright to build a ship, called the contractor or ship's husband.

BOURGUIGNON, an island of ice.

BOURRASQUE, a violent squall of wind.

BOURRE, the wadding of a charge in artillery.

BOURRELET, or BOURLET, the puddenings of the yards.

BOURSE, or BOURCE, the exchange, or place of resort for merchants, mariners, &c. in a commercial sea-port.

BOUSSOLE, or COMPAS de route, the sea-compass.

BOUSSOLE affolée, an erroneous or defective compass. See AFFOLÉE.

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