CANON de coursier, the bow-chace of a row-galley.

CANON démaré, a cannon drawn in to be charged.

CANON dé tapé, a cannon with its tompion taken out.

CANON moindre, a cannon whose calibre is not proportioned to the thickness of the metal.

CANON renforcé, a cannon whose breech is reinforced, i. e. thicker than the calibre, which is the usual dimension.

CANONNER, to cannonade; to fire a broadside.

CANONNIERE de vaisseu, the gunner of

a ship.

Second maître CANONNIER, the gunner's mate.

CANONNIERS, the quarter-gunners or artillery-men of a ship.

CANOT, a ship's boat, cutter, or yawl.

CANOT de bois, a canoe.

CANOT jaloux, a crank-boat.

CANOTS, Indian canoes of various kinds.

CANTANETTES, the light-ports in the stern of a galley.

CANTIBAI, a name given by shipwrights to timber which is full of cracks, or shakes, &c.

CANTIMARON. See CATIMARON.

CAP, the head or prow of a ship.

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