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UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY
OF THE
MARINE:
OR,
A COPIOUS EXPLANATION
OF THE
TECHNICAL TERMS and PHRASES
EMPLOYED IN THE
CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT, FURNITURE, MACHINERY,
MOVEMENTS, AND MILITARY OPERATIONS
OF
A SHIP.
ILLUSTRATED WITH
variety of Original DESIGNS of SHIPPING, in different Situations;
Together with separate VIEWS of their Masts, Sails, Yards, and Rigging.
To which is annexed,
A translation of the FRENCH Sea-Terms and Phrases, collected from the Works of
Mess. DU HAMEL, AUBIN, SAVERIEN, &c.
By WILLIAM FALCONER,
AUTHOR OF THE SHIPWRECK.
A NEW EDITION, CORRECTED.
LONDON:
Printed to T. Cadell, in the Strand.
MDCCLXXX.
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