LOF au lof! luff, boy, luff! the order to steer the ship close to the wind.

LOF tout! put the helm a-lee.

LOF pour lof! hard a weather! the order to the helmsman to veer or wear, and bring the wind on the other side of the ship.

LOF is also the weather-clue of a sail; hence, Leve le LOF de la grand voile, or leve le grand LOF! haul up the weather-clue of the mainsail!

LOGE, the birth or cabin of an inferior officer.

LOIER, the wages or pay of a seaman

LONG au long, pressed down sidewise by a stiff gale.

LONGIS, the trestle-trees of the tops, &c.

LONGUEUR de la quille, the length of the keel upon a right line.

LONGUEUR de l'étrave à l'étambord, the length of a ship at the heighth of the stem, or the distance between the top of the stem and the top of the stern-post.

LONGUEUR du cable, a measure of 120 fathoms, usually called a cable's length at sea.

LOOUETS d'écoutilles, the hoops or clasps of the scuttles.

LOVER, or ROUER, to coil away a cable. See ROUER.

LOUVOYER, to ply to windward.

LOUVOYER sur onze pointes, to lie up within eleven points of the other tack, or to sail five points and a half from the wind.

LOXODROMIE, an oblique course in navigation, or a course winch crosses the meridians at equal and oblique angles.

LOXODROMIQUES, tables of difference of latitude and departure.

LUMIERE de canon, the touch-hole of a cannon.

LUMIERE de pompe, the hole in the side of a pump, through which the water is discharged upon the deck, or into the pump-dale.

LUNETTE d'approche ou de long vûe, a telescope or perspective-glass.

LUZ1N, a small line called housing, or house-line.

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