CONSOLE, a bracket, or part where two pieces of timber are united by a bracket.

CONSOMMATION, the consumption of a ship during a sea-voyage, comprehending whatever has been expended, as cordage, canvas, ammunition, &c.

CONSTRUCTION des vaisseaux, the art of ship-building, or the practical part of naval architecture.

CONSUL, a consul established in foreign parts, for the protection of the commerce of his country.

CONTINENT, a continent, a vast tract of land.

CONTRAT à la grosse. See BOMERIE.

CONTRE-AMIRAL, the rear admiral of France.

CONTRE-BANDE, prohibited goods.

CONTRE-BITTES, the standards which support the cable bits.

CONTRE-BRASSER, to brace about the yards.

CONTRE-CAPION de pouppe, the upper part of the false-post of a row-galley, which is a crooked piece of timber placed on the fore-side of the stern-post to support it. See CONTRE-RODE de pouppe.

CONTRE-CAPION de proue, the upper part of the stemson of a galley. See CONTRE-RODE de proue.

CONTRE-CARENE, the kelson of a galley. See CARLINGUE.

CONTRE-ÉTAMBOT, the knee of the stern-post, by which it is attached to the keel.

CONTRE-É TAMBOT, or FAUX-ÉTAMBOT, is also the false stern-post.

CONTRE-ÉTRAVE, the apron; a piece of timber which supports the scraf of the stem.

CONTRE-MAÎTRE, the boatswain of a ship.

CONTRE-MARCHE, the general tacking of a division of ships, arranged on the same line, so as to preserve its former disposition on the opposite tack.

CONTRE-MARÉE, a spring-tide.

CONTRE-QUILLE, the dead-wood placed on the keel afore and abaft. See FAUSSE-QUILLE.

CONTRE-ROD de pouppe, the lower part of the false-post, or counter-stern-post of a row-galley. See CONTRE-CAPION de pouppe.

CONTRE-RODE de proue, the lower part of the stemson of a galley. See CONTRE-CAPION de proue.

CONTRE-SABORDS. See MANTELETS.

CONTRE-SALUT, the return of a salute at sea.

CONTROLEUR de la marine, an officer of the marine, who attends and controls all the purchases and sales held in a royal dock-yard; assists at the general musters, reviews the artificers, and keeps a register of their names.

CONVERSO, the waist, or main-deck, of a ship.

CONVOI, the convoy or escort of ships or war, used to guard a fleet of merchantmen.

CONVOYER, to convoy or accompany a fleet of merchant-men as their escort.

COQ the cook of a ship.

COQUE, a kink, or round twist, in a new rope.

COQUERON, the cook-room, fore-castle, or cuddy, of a lighter or hoy.

COQUET, a cock-boat; a sort of small boat which passes between Normandy and Paris.

COQUETER, to navigate or manage a boat by padling, or rowing in the boat's stern with a paddle.

CORADOUX. See COURADOUX.

CORALINE, a light small song-boat, or lanch, employed in the Levant, to fish coral.

CORBEAU, a sort of sheer-hook, or fire-grapling.

CORBEILLON, or CORBILLON, a small kid, or tub, to contain the biscuit or sea-bread daily distributed to the several messes.

CORDAGE, cordage, a general name for all the ropes employed to rig or work a ship: the cables, or ground-tackling, are sometimes comprehended in this term. See CABLE, and MANOEUVRES.

CORDAGE blanc, white, or untarred cordage.

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