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A TRANSLATION OF French SEA.TERMS and PHRASES: U
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A TRANSLATION OF French SEA.TERMS and PHRASES: U
UN, deux, trois, an exclamation, or song, used by seamen when hauling the bow.lines, the greatest effort being made at the last word. English sailors, in the same manner, call out on this occasion, -haul.in-haul.two-haul.belay !
URETAC, a fore.tack.tackle, or preventer fore.tack.
US & coutumes de la mer, the usages and customs of the sea, which are partly regulated by the laws of Oleron.
USANCE, the agreement, or contract, made between the master, the owner, and freighters of a ship. See also the preceding article.
UTENSILS du canon, a general name for all the instruments used in charging and firing a cannon, as the rammer, the ladle, the sponge, the linstock, &c.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 408, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1749.html