RECOUVRE! rowse.in, or haul.aboard!

RECOUVRER, to rowse.in, or haul any rope into the ship, when it hangs flack in the water, or otherwise.

RECOUX. See REPRISE.

RECUL de canon, the recoil of a cannon.

REFAIT, squared, or prepared for use; expressed of a piece of timber hewn to it's proper form and size.

REFLUX de la mer, the ebb.tide. See FLUX.

REFOULER, to stem the tide, or to sail against it's direction.

La mer REFOULE, the tide ebbs; the water falls.

REFOULOIR, the rammer of a great gun, called also FOULOIR.

REFOULOIR de cordes, a rope.rammer.

REFRAICHER, to freshen the hawse by a renewal of service.

Se REFRANCHIR, to be freed by the pumps, or to have the quantity of water in a ship's hold discharged by pumping.

REFREIN, the repetition of the dashing and breaking against rocks, &c. expressed of the waves upon the sea.shore.

REFUSER, to fall off again, when in stays; expressed of a ship that will not go about, or stay; as, Le vaisseau a REFUSÉ, the ship will not come to the wind; or will not stay.

REGATES, a course or race of boats in the great canal of Venice.

RELACHER, to bear away for, or put into a harbour under the lee.

RELACHE, the harbour where a ship has taken refuge or shelter, as from a contrary wind.

RELAIS. See LAISSES.

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