CALFAS, or rather CALFAT, caulking.

CALFAT, or CALFATEUR, a caulker.

CALFAT also signifies a caulking-iron.

CALFAT double, a caulker's making-iron.

CALFATER, to caulk a ship or boat.

CALFATIN, a caulker's boy, who spins or twists his oakum.

CALIBRE, the bore of a cannon or other fire-arm.

CALIBRE de vaisseau, the model of a ship.

CALIORNE, a winding-tackle; a tackle formed by a rope passing through two three-fold blocks.

CALME, calm, a cessation of wind.

CALME tout plat, a dead calm, or a flat calm. Whence

CALMER, to become calm.

CAMBRER, to bend the planks or boards of a ship to their proper curve, by stoves, &c.

CAMPAGNE sur mer, a voyage, a cruise at sea during a season, or limited space of time.

CANAL, a canal, streight, or channel.

CANAL de l'étrave, the concavity in the top of the stem, wherein the bowsprit rests.

CANAL, or CREUX autour d'une poulie, the channel of a block through which the rope passes, over the sheave or wheel.

CANDELETTE, the fore-tackle. See CAPION.

CANEFAS, canvas or sail-cloth. See TOILE.

CANON, a cannon, or piece of ordnance.

CANON à la serre, a gun housed athwart, with the top of its muzzle bearing against the upper edge of the port.

CANON allongé contre le bord, a gun housed fore-and-aft, close to the ship's fide, abreast of its own port.

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