| Barque |
n. a sailing ship with from three to five
masts, all of them squared rigged except the after mast, which is
fore-and-aft rigged.
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| Before the mast |
adv. as a common sailor.
Originated
because the sailors live in the forecastle, forward of the
foremast.
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| Brigantine |
n. two-masted sailing ship, square
rigged on the foremast and having a fore and aft with mainsail
with square main top sails
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Hermaphrodite
brig |
n. a
two-masted vessel with her foremast fully square rigged and her
mainmast fore-and-aft rigged.
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| Keelson |
n. a longitudinal beam connected
to the keel of ship to strengthen it
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| Pink
Stern |
n. a vessel with a very narrow
stern
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| Privateer |
n. a privately owned
warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or
warships of an enemy nation
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| Rider |
n. an interior rib occasionally
fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of
the lower deck, to strengthen her frame
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| Schooner |
n. a vessel with two or more masts
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| Smack |
n. a small sailing vessels, commonly rigged
as sloops, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade
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| Tonnage |
n. the number of tons of water a ship
displaces afloat
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| Yellow metalled |
a. covered with a layer of brass,
probably with a high zinc alloy.
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