ECHARS, a wind that veers and hauls; a light and variable wind; a cat's paw.

ECHELLE, a scale of equal parts; also a sea-port town, in the dialect of Provence.

ECHELLE de pouppe, the stern or quarter-ladder, formed of ropes.

ECHELLES, the gangway and ladder, which serve to ascend or descend the ship's side; likewise the several ladders between-decks.

ECHELLES de latitude croissante. See CARTE réduite.

ECHILON, a water-fpout. See TROMPE de mer.

ECHOME, a thole-pin. See AUTARELLES.

ECHOUÉ, ashore, run aground.

ECHOUEMENT, the state of being stranded or wrecked on a coast.

ECHOUER sur la rivage, to run aground; to be stranded.

ECLAIRCIE, a clear spot in a cloudy sky. See CLAIRON.

ECLAT de bois, a splinter, or chip, torn from any piece of timber, by the force of a cannon-ball, or by the stroke of an ax.

ECLUSE, a sluice, or dam.

ECOLE, the school, or academy, in a dock-yard, where navigation, arithmetic, and fortification are taught.

ECOPE, a boat's scoop, or skeet.

ECORE, the edge or extremity of a sand-bank. See COTÉ.

ECORES. See ACCORES.

ECOUETS, the tacks of the main-sail and fore-sail.

ECOUPE, or ECOUPÉE, a swab. See FAUBER.

ECOUTES, the sheets of a sail.

ECOUTE de bonette en étui, the tack or guy of a studding-sail boom.

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