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	Journeys in Time: Ships - Glossary
		Tack: the nautical manouevre of bringing a sailing vessel on to another bearing by bringing the wind round the bow; during this manouevre the vessel is said to be 'coming about'.
		Tide of Flood: the flow of the tidal stream as it rises from the ending of the period of slack water at low tide to the start of the period of slack water at high tide; its period is approximately six hours.
		Weather: in a nautical sense (rather than a meteorological) this is the phrase used by seamen to describe anything that lies to windward.
	www.lib.mq.edu.au /all/journeys/ships/glossary.html (1613 words)

	Glossary of Nautical Terms
		The term comes from the fact that the gangplank, to shore or "port", is usually lowered on the lefthand side of the ship.
		After the eighteenth century, the term also applied to a small vessel with four to twelve cannon on her upper deck, sixth rate, and rigged with up to three masts.
		The term is a corruption of "steerboard", a primitive rudder usually mounted on the righthand side of the ship.
	members.aol.com /arthuswint/terms.html (1795 words)

	Nautical Sayings
		In nautical terminology sheets are the ropes that adjust the position of the sails relative to the wind.
		The term comes from the days of sailing ships when the place for the crew to relieve themselves was all the way forward on either side of the bowsprit, the integral part of the hull to which the figurehead was fastened.
		The origin of the word "scuttlebutt," which is nautical parlance for a rumor, comes from a combination of "scuttle" — to make a hole in the ship's hull and thereby causing her to sink —- and "butt" — a cask or hogshead used in the days of wooden ships to hold drinking water.
	www.dauntlessprivateers.org /nautical_sayings.htm (4376 words)

	Glossary of nautical terms - presented by meetundersails (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Glossary of nautical terms - presented by meetundersails (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)
		the sailing glossary brought to you by meetundersails
		: 1) The nautical equivalent of `renovation of a vessel'.
	www.meetundersails.com.cob-web.org:8888 /boats/glossary.htm (659 words)

	Project Liberty Ship - Glossary of Nautical and Shipbuilding Terms
		A term applied to fittings or devices used in preserving the direction of a rope, chain or wire, so that it may be delivered fairly or on a straight lead to the sheave or drum, etc.
		The nautical mile is 6080.2 feet and is used by navigators to measure distance at sea and in the air.
		A nautical instrument, on the arc of which is a finely graduated scale showing degrees and minutes, with adjustable reflectors, etc.; used to find the altitude of heavenly bodies, angular distances, etc.; on a marine engine, quadrant bars are part of the reversing gear.
	www.liberty-ship.com /html/glossary/glosbody.htm (9232 words)

	Glossary of nautical terms
		A protected water area in which vessels are moored.The term is often used to denote a pier or a wharf.
		A measure of speed equal to one nautical mile (6076 feet) per hour.
		A fastening made by interweaving rope to form a stopper, to enclose or bind an object, to form a loop or a noose, to tie a small rope to an object, or to tie the ends of two small ropes together.
	www.charter-network.com /US/glossario.html (889 words)

	Glossary of nautical terms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The term is more commonly used to describe the part of a merchant ship's interior where the cargo and ballast were stowed.
		A term synonymous with port or the side of a ship which is to the left hand of a person looking from the stern [from Ned Myers].
		Colloquial term for unused or untied cordage.[from Ned Myers].
	www.hamilton-scourge.city.hamilton.on.ca /glossary.htm (3385 words)

	Nautical Know How - Glossary of Nautical Terms
		DOCK - A protected water area in which vessels are moored.The term is often used to denote a pier or a wharf.
		KNOT - A fastening made by interweaving rope to form a stopper, to enclose or bind an object, to form a loop or a noose, to tie a small rope to an object, or to tie the ends of two small ropes together.
		NAUTICAL MILE - One minute of latitude; approximately 6076 feet - about 1/8 longer than the statute mile of 5280 feet.
	www.tcmall.com /nauticalknowhow/GLOSSARY.htm (2301 words)

	Nautical Terms
		A marine insurance term indicating that the cost of repairs to a vessel is more than the cost of the vessel and cargo.
		A small piece of stout wood with a hole in the centre for a stay or rope to reeve through, without any sheave, and with a groove round it for the strap which is usually of iron.
		A term sometime used for slacking off a little on a brace and then belaying it.
	www.teakmarinewoodwork.com /nautical_terms.htm (5073 words)

	Thesaurus - a Glossary of Nautical Terms - Shipyard 'De Delft'
		When the term developing gale is used on the 48 hour surface forecast and 96 hour surface forecast charts, gale force winds are expected to develop by 72 hours and 120 hours, respectively.
		When the term developing storm is used on the 48 hour surface and 96 hour surface charts, storm force winds are expected to develop by 72 hours and 120 hours, respectively.
		The term has often been abused, as a piece of rope when put to use on a vessel becomes a line, in most cases.
	www.dedelft.nl /common/nauticalterms.html (16541 words)

	Lyndale Island Yacht Club > Glossary of Nautical Terms
		Term to indicate that the anchor has broken out of the ground.
		Nautical measurement of depth of six feet or 1.83m.
		A term to indicate that a heavy sea has come inboard over the stern.
	www.lyndaleisland.com /yachtclub/showroom/glossary.html (2595 words)

	WISDOM
		Glossary of Terms for Dyeing - Terms related to the dyeing of textiles.
		Glossary of Library Terms - Glossary of terms and jargon based on one created for the Cornell University Libraries with terms and definitions borrowed from the Anglo-American cataloguing rules and other sources.
		Nautical Nomeclature - Words used to described the various parts of boats and ships and general sailing terms.
	thinkers.net /words/glossary.html (938 words)

	Glossary of Nautical Terms and Other Big Words
		Donger of course is not a nautical term, and could be confused for something else, but I used it merely as an example of how important it is to use the correct terminology.
		Apparently, international agreement on the definition of a Nautical Mile was achieved in 1929, when the International Extraordinary Hydrographic Conference held in Monaco adopted a definition of one (1) international nautical mile as being equal to 1,852 metres.
		In the United States, the nautical mile was defined as 6080.2 ft (1853.249 m).
	homepage.mac.com /peterhyndman/Sites/PDRinfo/history/dictionary.html (2624 words)

	Used Boats for Sale \| A Boat Trader Directory of Yachts and Boats
		A term sometimes used for the scantline [sic] of the timbers, the moulding way, and particularly for those bolts that are driven into the hanging and lodging knees, through the sides, which are called in-and-out bolts.
		As someone has already noted, a nautical mile is approximately 6080 English feet and that is often useful as a working measurement.
		Thus, 10,000 km should be equal to 5400 nautical miles, if the former was defined correctly and the world was a perfect sphere.
	www.usedboats.com /nautical-terms-glossary.htm (12036 words)

	Transportation Institute Maritime Glossary
		The term "lighter" refers to a short haul, generally in connection with loading and unloading operations of vessels in harbor while the term "barge" is more often used when the cargo is being carried to its destination over a long distance.
		STORE - A general term for provisions, materials and supplies used aboard ship for the maintenance of the crew, and for the navigation, propulsion and upkeep of the vessel and its equipment.
		The term is used to emphasize that, while the fleet is not U.,$.-flag, it is effectively under U.S. control by virtue of the ship's owners and can be called to serve U.S. interests in time of emergency.
	www.trans-inst.org /seawords.htm (13796 words)

	Official Website of the Texas Navies
		a general term for the vantage on another ship of absolute perpendicular to the direction it is going.
		This is a term used for the Forcastle or frontmost part of the ship.
		As a measure of speed the term is always knots, and never knots per hour.; The joining together of sections of material (rope) in an interlaced fashion.
	www.texasnavy.com /glossary2.htm (2241 words)

	Glossary of Terms
		And here's a neat glossary of rope terms (do you know what "hockle" means?).
		nautical mile - 6067.12 feet as opposed to a statute mile of 5280 feet; a nautical mile equals one minute of latitude.
		spar - generic term for poles that serve as booms, gaffs, masts or yards.
	www.arizonayachtclub.org /Education/Glossary.shtml (1410 words)

	Glossary of nautical terms
		A distance of 60 nautical miles; one 360th of a circle; one degree of latitude.
		Imaginary lines circling the earth in a north south direction from pole to pole and converging at the poles.
		The international nautical mile is equal to 1852m.
	www.seascouts.ca /14gloucester/Glossary2.htm (2175 words)

	Glossary of Nautical Terms (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The term arose in the 19th century and referred then to the boiler-room crew in early coal-burning steamships.
		Now the foredeck of a vessel, the term originally referred to a raised and fortified platform at the ship's bow, Used by archers in combat at sea as early as the 13th century.
		The name is a very old one, derived from the Anglo-Saxon term Steorbord, or Steering-board, Ancient vessels were steered not by a rudder amidships, but by a long oar or Steering-board extended over the vessel's right side aft.
	www.desertanchor.com.cob-web.org:8888 /glossary.htm (1678 words)

	Nautical Terminology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Form is used as a general term to describe the shape of the ship's hull; and when comparing one ship's form with another, the naval architect makes use of a number of coefficients.
		The size of warships is always given in terms of displacement tonnage.
		The size of tankers is often given in terms of deadweight tonnage.
	www.dynagen.co.za /eugene/hulls/terms.html (1872 words)

	Yacht Charter Glossary by Bareboats BVI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The following is not a list of sailing terms, (although, should you like to see several excellent sailing glossaries, go to The Glossarist)...
		but rather a glossary of terms pertaining to "bare boat" or "bareboat" yacht charter holidays which often serve to confuse those unfamiliar with industry definitions.
		The term "multihull" is a catamaran or trimaran.
	www.bareboatsbvi.com /yacht_charter_glossary.html (2001 words)

	MarineWaypoints.com: Education and Seamanship/Nautical Terminology
		Here is our own glossary of nautical terminology, which includes some images related to the terms.
		The choice of the terms and sewords listed is that they are in use on board commercial ships and should be part of the general knowledge of shipping office, deck or engine officers, among many others.
		The European Nautical Dictionary is intended to serve as a resource for the international sailing community.
	www.marinewaypoints.com /pages/Education_and_Seamanship/Nautical_Terminology/index.html (1017 words)

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		The term "old measurement" reflects measurements before this change.
		A broad, deep undulation of water caused by an often distant gale.
		A speed unit of 1 nautical mile (6,076 feet or 1.852 kilometers) per hour.
	www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org /tools_glossary.cfm (3472 words)

	Glossary of Nautical Terms (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A term used by the man at the cun to the steersman, directing him not to go from the wind.
		Is a line that goes round a small barrel, abaft the barrel of the wheel, and coming to the front beam of the poop-deck, moves the tell-tale with the turning of the wheel, and keeps it always in such position as to show the position of the tiller.
		This term is applied to yards that are very long as TAUNT is to high masts.
	www.psych.su.oz.au.cob-web.org:8888 /vbb/woronora/maritime/Glossary.html (10795 words)

	Ship Modeling Forum - Ships' Glossary - Nautical Terms - Letter - #
		This term for gossip and rumor has a nautical origin.
		The scuttlebutt is an early 19th century nautical term for an open cask of water kept on deck for use by the crew.
		The term comes from scuttle (to cut a hole in) + butt (a large cask).
	shipmodeling.net /vb_forum/glossary.html (329 words)

	Travel Dictionary, Glossary and Terms directory.
		Glossary of terms related to American Passports and Visas.
		A comprehensive dictionary of travel industry terms for home-based travel agents, travel agencies, and students of travel.
		An annotated glossary of travel-related words and expressions in German and English.
	glossarist.com /glossaries/world-regions-countries-travel/travel.asp (92 words)

	glossary.html
		A known position, obtained by sighting of objects of known position and applying their bearings from your position, or by close proximity to the known location itself, or by application of other ingenious methods developed over the centuries by sailors and mathematicians.
		A heard or school of whales; a social meeting, visit, or the like, as between vessels at sea; [Nautical] (of the officers and crews of two whaling vessels) to visit or converse with one another for social purposes.
		A nautical mile is equal to one minute of lattitude, or about 6076 feet.
	continuouswave.com /glossary.html (1117 words)

	Links: Maritime Dictionaries
		Glossary of Engine Room Terms used with reciprocing steam engines.
		Nautical Words and Terminology by Peter D. Green.
		Excerpts from Paasch's From Keel to Truck, 1902, of translations of derivatives of the term yard.
	www.bruzelius.info /Nautica/Links/Dictionaries.html (169 words)

	Glossary of nautical terms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Hawsepiper - An informal maritime industry term used to refer to a merchant ship’s officer who began his or her career as an unlicensed merchant seaman and did not attend a traditional maritime college/academy to earn the officer license.
		Leech - The aft or trailing edge of a fore-and-aft sail; the leeward edge of a spinnaker; a vertical edge of a square sail.
		Letter of marque and reprisal - A warrant granted to a privateer condoning specific acts of piracy against a target as a redress for grievances.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Glossary_of_nautical_terms (8709 words)

	Sea and Sky Nautical Glossary
		The person in charge of the ship, or in fact, in charge of any particular function: Captain of the waist, gun captain, etc. Also a naval rank; however, the term is also used to refer to a ship's commander regardless of his actual rank.
		The term "Port" was used for helm commands to eliminate confusion with the similar-sounding "starboard." Eventually, the term "larboard" was completely eliminated.
		In the Navy, the term "First Lieutenant," "Second Lieutenant," etc, refer to their position aboard ship, and is not an official rank.
	www.wanttaja.com /navlinks/Glossary.htm (1022 words)

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