RAT, or RAS, a race, or dangerous whirl.pool; as the race of Portland, &c.

RAT. See COUET à queüe de rat.

RATION, the allowance of bread, flesh, wine, pulse, &c. distributed to the different messes in a ship.

RATION double, a double allowance, given on any particular occasion of rejoicing.

RATION et demi, the allowance of a sea.officer in the French fleet.

RAVALEMENT, a platform on the poop of some ships, where the marines stands to discharge their small arms.

REALE, the royal galley, a name given to

to the principal galley of a kingdom. See GALERE réale.

REBANDER, a phrase amongst the common tailors, signifying to carry over to the other side of the ship.

REBANDER à l'autre bord, to stand upon the other tack; to steer a different course.

REBORDER, to fall aboard or along.side of a ship a second time.

RECHANGE, a general name for the stores of a ship; or the spare.rigging, sails, &c. which are in reserve to supply the place of what may be lost or disabled.

RECLAMPER, to fish a mast or yard when it happens to be sprung.

RECONNOITRE un vaisseau, to approach a ship, in order to discover her strength, and of what nation she is.

RECONNOITRE une terre, to survey or observe the situation of a coast attentively.

RECOURIR les coutures, to run over the seams of a ship in caulking; to caulk them lightly and expeditiously.

RECOURIR. sur une manoeuvre, to under.run a rope or cable.

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