ROUER, une manoeuvre, to coil a rope.

ROUER à tour, to coil a rope with the sun, i.e. according to the apparent course of the sun in north.latitude.

ROUER à contre, to coil a rope against the sun.

ROUES d'affût de canon, the trucks of a gun.carriage.

ROUET de poulie, the sheave of a block.

ROUET de poulie de chaloupe, the sheave of a long.boat's davit; also the sheave on the top of her stem or stern.post, for weighing an anchor.

ROULEAU, a roller or cylindrical piece of wood placed under any weighty body, in order to move it with greater facility by means of handspecs, &c.

ROULER, to roll tumultuously; expressed of the waves of a swelling sea.

ROULIS d'un vaisseau, the rolling.motion of a ship.

ROUTE, the course, or way of a ship; also the place of her destination.

ROUTE.fausse, or fausse.route, the errors of a course; or the deviations from the right course, occasioned by the lee.way, drift, currents, chafing, &c.

A la ROUTE! steer the course! the order to the helmsman to keep the ship steady in her course.

Porter à ROUTE, or faire droite ROUTE, to make a straight course; to sail onward, without touching at any port in the passage.

ROUTIER, a book or collection of charts, bearings, distances, soundings, and perspective views of the coasts of any country.

RUBORD, or RIBORD. See RIBORD.

RUM, or REUN. See CALE.

Donner RUM à une roche. See FAIRE honneur.

RUMB de vent, a point of the compass. See AIR de vent, & ROSE de vents.

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