LANTIONE, a sort of row-galley, navigated on the coast of China.

LARDER la bonette. See BONETTE lar-dée.

Au LARGE! sheer off ! the order given by the centinel on a ship's gangway to any adjacent boat, to keep aloof.

Courir au LARGE, sa mettre au LARGE, to stand off to sea; to bear out from the coast towards the offing.

LARGEUR, the measure of a ship from side to side, in any place.

LARGUE, the offing; sea-room; out at sea.

Vent LARGUE, a large, or quartering wind.

LARGUER, to relax, or loosen ; expressed of a ship that strains violently in a high sea, so as to open in several places.

LARGUER une amarre, to cast off, or let go a belayed rope.

LASSER, or LACER une voile, to reef a course with a reef-line.

Voile LATINE, a lateen sail.

LATITUDE, latitude.

LATTES â baux, the ledges placed in the intervals between the deck-beams.

LATTES de caillebotis, the battens or laths of the gratings.

LATTES de galere, a sort of broad thin beams, used to support the decks of a gallery.

LAZARET, a lazaretto, or building to receive persons while performing quarantine, &c.

LÉ, the fair way of a channel, harbour, or river.

LEBESCHE, the south-west wind, in the dialect of Provence.

LEGE, light; without a cargo of any kind: understood also of a ship which is not sufficiently ballasted.

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