FRAPPER, to fix-on upon their mast-heads, &c.

FRÉGATE, a frigate of war: according to the arrangement of the French navy, this class comprehends all vessels of war from 50 to 20 guns.

FRÉGATE d' avis, a sloop of war, packet-boat, or tender.

FRÉGATE légere, a light or small frigate, carrying from 30 to 20 guns.

FREGATÉ, frigate-built, or formed with a deep waist.

FREGATON, a sort of Venetian ketch.

FREINS. See REFREINS.

FRELER, to furl, or hand any sail. See FERLER.

FREQUENTER un port, to trade often to one harbour.

FRET, the freight or hire of a ship; called also fretement.

FRETER, to freight or hire a ship.

FRETEUR, the proprietor or owner of a ship, to whom the freight for any voyage is paid.

FRIBUSTIER. See FLIBUSTIERS.

FRISER les sabords, to line the gun-ports with baize or kersey, so as to prevent the water from entering at sea.

PRISONS, cans or jugs.

FRONTEAU, the breast-work, a moulding, ornamented with sculpture, and sometimes a sort of balustrade, reaching athwart the ship from one side to the other, and serving to terminate the quarter-deck and poop at the fore-end, and the fore-castle both afore and abaft.

FRONTON. See ECUSSON and MIROIR.

FUNER un mât, to fix the standing rigging on the mast-head.

FUNIN, cordage of a certain size, which is particularly used for the running-ropes, and sometimes for the standing rigging. See FRANC-funin.

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