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A TRANSLATION OF French SEA-TERMS and PHRASES: I
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ISLES d'uvau le vent, the Leeward Islands of the West Indies.
ISLES du vent, the Windward Islands of the West Indies.
ISSONS, thick white ropes, occasionally employed as jears to the lower yards.
ISSOP, or ISOP, hoist away! sway a-way!
ITAOUE is in general the tye of any yard, but more particularly a topsail tye.
ITAQUE de palan, the runner of a tackle.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 377, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1655.html