FOGONE, a sort of box to cover the chimney of a merchant vessel.

FOIT de màt, the heighth of a mast, expressed of a very taunt or high mast.

FONCET, a long flat-bottomed barge, for carrying goods in a river, &c.

FOND, the ground or bottom of the sea.

FOND d'affût, the sole or bottom of a gun-carriage.

FOND de cale, the hold of a ship.

FOND de bonne tenüe, good holding-ground, or good anchoring-ground.

FOND de cours, or cure, a bottom of fine sand.

FOND de la hune, the platform or flooring of a top.

FOND de mauvaise tenüe, bad anchoring-ground.

FOND de roche, rocky ground.

FOND de son, a bottom where the sand appears like bran.

FOND de voile, the bunt of a sail.

Point de FOND, out of soundings.

FOND d' aiguilles, a bottom or ground abounding with pointed shells.

FOND-haut, or haut-FOND, a shoal, or sand-bank, with shallow water.

FOND d'une basse voile, the foot of a lower sail.

Prendre FOND, toucher, relâcher, to anchor, or touch at a port or road in the course of a voyage.

Aller à FOND, to sink; to go to the bottom.

Plat-FOND d'un vaisseau, the floor or bottom of a ship.

FOQUE de beaupré. See FOC.

Reference Works