from the possession, attack, or pursuit, of an enemy.

DÉGARNIR le cabestan, to unrig the capstern, by taking off the voyol, and un-shipping the bars.

DÉGARNIR un vaisseau, to unrig or dismantle a ship. See DEGREER.

DE GAUCHER, to bevel or form a piece of timber, so as to fit exactly to the place for which it is designed.

DE GORGEOIR, the bit or priming-iron of a cannon.

DÉGRADER un vaisseau, to lay-by a ship; also to quit or abandon a ship at sea, after having taken out the rigging, stores, &c. when she is become so old and crazy as to be useless or dangerous.

DÉGRAPPlNER to warp a ship off from the ice by the means of grapplings, when she had approached too near it.

DEGRÉ, the division of a degree upon a quadrant, nocturnal, &c.

DEGRÉ de latitude, a degree of latitude.

DEGRÉ de longitude, a degree of longitude.

DÉGRÉER, to unrig a ship; also to loose the rigging in a storm. See DESAGÉER.

DEHORS, the offing, the outside, or road, of a harbour.

DÉJOUER, to fly out, to flutter, or turn in the wind, expressed of flags, pendents, &c.

DÉLACER la bonnette, to unlace or take off the bonnet from the foot of a sail.

DÉLAISSEMENT, an instrument, or act, by which the loss of a ship is announced by the master or merchant to an insurer, summoning him to pay the stipulated insurance.

DÉLESTAGE, the discharging of ballast from a ship.

DÉLESTEUR, an officer appointed to receive the ballast of ships; also a ballast-lighter.

DELOT, or rather COSSE. See COSSE.

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