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	Nautical Terms
		The term is not modern, however, but dates to the 18th century and comes from the Hindi word dungri, for a type of Indian cotton cloth.
		A general term for all rigs where sails are extended by yards attached to the masts in the middle of the ship and trimmed with braces.
		Nautical term, dating from at least the early 1600s, meaning the outfit of sails used by a ship.
	www.bargain-resource.com /NT1.htm (6643 words)

	Nautical Terms and their Origins - Nautical Know How
		The term is also used more generally to describe seamen as compared with officers, in phrases such as, "he sailed before the mast." Most ships today have cabins for their crew.
		The term originated in the 18th century, when sailing navies could determine the nationality of a sailing vessel by the shape of their jib, long before her colors could be seen.
		Hotchpotch was a maritime term describing the method of equally dividing cargo and property damaged when two ships have collided and both are deemed to be responsible.
	www.boatsafe.com /nauticalknowhow/terms0101.htm (3658 words)

	NAUTICAL DICTIONARY
		A sailor's term for a small keg, holding a gallon or two.
		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 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.
	www.geocities.com /cjstein_2000/dictionary.html (10349 words)

	Nautical Terms
		Admiralty measured mile, 6,080 feet or 1,853.184 metres as distinguished from the nautical mile of 6,045.95 feet or 1,842.8055 metres.
		Term for the Baltic International Freight Futures and Market which offers shipowners, operations and charterers protection against the risks of volatile freight rates by means of a standardised contract settled against an index of international dry bulk voyages.
		Document containing the terms and conditions of a contract between a shipper and a shipping line for the carriage of goods on a particular vessel between specified ports or places.
	www.eversheds.com /shipping/knowledge/nauticalterms.html (2455 words)

	Historical Dictionary of Mediterranean Nautical Terms
		The table Galley Terms (22K) is intended to convey at a glance the uniformity among borrowed terms across the Mediterranean.
		Terms from earlier Semitic languages will be cited when they contribute to our understanding of those in the primary languages.
		In the case of strictly nautical terminology, I believe the range of headwords to be fairly exhaustive, though the occurrence of Mediterranean terms under a given headword is less so.
	www.d.umn.edu /~ahartley/Proposal_intro.html (1934 words)

	Nautical Terms and Phrases Used In Everyday Speech
		A nautical phrase, denoting a mode of tacking when the tide is with the vessel but the wind is against it.
		Scuttle is a fairly old term for a small rectangular hole cut into the deck or side of a ship for light, ventilation, and sometimes communication between decks.
		He was at the masthead, negligently holding the starboard main topgallant shrouds with the intention of sliding straight down the whole length of the topgallant backstay, well over a hundred feet, when his eye, wandering towards San Lorenzo, caught the odd spectacle of a very small boat trying to tow a much larger one...
	www.seashanty.org /nautical_phrases.asp (7765 words)

	Nautical Trivia and Phrases, United States Marine Corps and United States Navy, USMC and USN
		Nautical usage has somewhat expanded the original definition in that today the end of any line, secured to bitts or not, is called a bitter end.
		The landlubbing phrases "stick to the bitter end" and "faithful to the bitter end" are derivations of the nautical term and refer to anyone who insists on adhering to a course of action without regard to consequences.
		The length of the knot was derived from the proportion that one hour (3,600 seconds) is to 28 seconds as one nautical mile (6,080 ft.) is to the length of a knot (47 ft. 3 in.).
	docmeyer.freeservers.com /trivia.htm (14877 words)

	Nautical Terms
		The term is often used incorrectly to denote a pier or a wharf.
		A term used to describe the vessel which must yield in meeting, crossing, or overtaking situations.
		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.boatlodge.com /nautical2.htm (3436 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.boatsafe.com /nauticalknowhow/gloss.htm (2301 words)

	Cruise Diva Linda Coffman's Cruise Planner and Nautical Terms
		Incidentally, a former US Navy officer told me there is no such thing as "disembarkation" and if "the troops at Normandy had been told to report to their disembarkation stations, there never would have been an invasion." He contends that "debark" is the proper term, period.
		Nautical Mile — One-sixtieth of a degree of the earth’s circumference.
		The international nautical mile equals 6076.1 feet; the British nautical mile equals 6080 British imperial feet (6 feet = 1 Fathom, 100 fathoms = 1 cable, 10 cables = 1 mile, 3 miles = 1 league); the US nautical mile equals 6080.2 US feet; the French nautical mile equals 1852 meters.
	www.cruisediva.com /cruise_terms.htm (1670 words)

	Maritime Terms and Definitions
		Abaft: A relative term used to describe the location of one object in relation to another, in which the object described is farther aft than the other.
		Master: A term for the captain, a holdover from the days when the captain was literally, and legally, the "master" of the ship and crew.
		Nantucket sleigh ride: A term for what frequently happened to Nantucket whalers when they left the whaling ship in a small boat to go after a whale.
	www.usmm.net /terms.html (6890 words)

	Nautical Glossary - Talk like a pirate
		A pirate sailing under this term (in the ship's articles) would have to seize loot or forfeit pay.
		Fore and aft-castles were replaced with the terms quarter-deck and fore-deck.
		Shiver my timbers - An imprecation used by "stage-sailors" presumably of nautical origin, shiver here is used in the sense of "to shatter" or "splinter into pieces", the timbers of a ship.
	www.geocities.com /captcutlass/Nau.html (1719 words)

	Nautical Terms and Phrases
		A binnacle was the stand on which the ship’s compass was mounted in the eighteenth century and probably before, a list was given to the officer or mate of the watch, containing the names of men unable to report for duty.
		No one really knows the origin of the term, which was in use at least back to the 1700’s.
		The term is not modern, however, but dates to the 18th century and comes from the Hindi work meaning dungri, for a type of Indian cotton cloth.
	www.ussbrainedd630.com /terms.htm (1957 words)

	Useful Nautical Terms
		Preventer backstay One of a pair of additional backstays set up temporarily leading from the head of a mast to the ship's side where it is set up with a tackle, and carried in strong winds or when under a press of sail.
		Quarterdeck A term applied to the afterpart of the upper deck.
		Square rig A general term for all rigs where sails are extended by yards attached to the masts in the middle of the ship and trimmed with braces.
	256.com /gray/docs/nautical.html (3350 words)

	Nautical Terms
		Headsails Generic term for all sails which may be set on the bowsprit, or foremast.
		Spar A general term for a round piece of timber, very long in proportion to its diameter, used for masts, yards, booms, gaffs, bowsprits, and so on.
		Square rig A general term for all rigs where sails are extended by yards slung athwartship and trimmed with braces.
	www.chantryisland.com /nautical_terms.htm (3091 words)

	Nautical Terms - Bostonboating.com
		Not only will it make you feel at ease discussing boats, it also serves to warn others that you are an individual to be reckoned with.
		Here are some definitions for the nautical terms you will undoubtedly encounter during your life as a boater.
		One must use charts instead of road maps because road maps usually only show roads and there are usually none of those in the water and besides you couldn't drive your boat on one anyway unless you had it on a trailer in which case you would need a road map instead of a chart.
	www.bostonboating.com /humor/nauticalterms.htm (1284 words)

	Used Boats for Sale \| A Boat Trader Directory of Yachts and Boats
		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.
		The nautical mile was originally defined as one minute of angle of the Earth's meridian.
	www.usedboats.com /nautical-terms-glossary.htm (12036 words)

	American Nautical Services - Terms and Conditions of Sale
		Parties of Interest and Binding Aspect of Agreement: The Terms and Conditions of Sale for merchandise, services and general use of the www.amnautical.com e-commerce (web) site represent an agreement between the “seller” and “buyer.” The “seller” is American Nautical Services, Inc. (ANS), a Florida corporation.
		The seller shall issue full credit to the buyer for all goods stopped prior to pick up by a carrier or returned within the terms and conditions of this agreement provided the goods are in the same good order and condition as when sold to the buyer.
		In the event that a dispute should arise between the buyer and seller which is not otherwise settled within 180 days of the claim submission date to seller, then the dispute shall be submitted to commercial arbitration and settled in accordance with the rules of the Miami Maritime Arbitration Council.
	www.amnautical.com /terms.htm (2201 words)

	MSSA Nautical Terms
		Cable: Nautical unit of distance, having a standard value of 1/10th of a nautical mile (608 ft.).
		Is used also as a sarcastic term for idling, or not pulling one's weight.
		As this was once considered to be one of the essentials of the perfect seaman it has long been a complimentary term.
	www.mssa.org /intro/nauticalterms.htm (5275 words)

	Nautical terms and Phrases
		Literally, the position of the crew whose living quarters on board were in the forecastle (the section of a ship forward of the foremast).
		The term is also used more generally to describe seamen as compared with officers, in phrases such as "he sailed before the mast."
		Striking the Flag Striking the ensign was and is the universally recognized indication of surrender.
	www.history.navy.mil /trivia/trivia03.htm (2009 words)

	Nautical Glossary, Definitions and Glossaries directory.
		A glossary of nautical terms, useful for sailing on a wooden yacht in the Aegean waters.
		Glossary of Siling Terms for the crew of Brisbane Catamaran Bach and Byte.
		Glossary of Sail terms from the Sydney Heritage Fleet James Craig Restoration Project involving the restoration of the 1874 3 masted iron barque James Craig.
	www.glossarist.com /glossaries/transport/nautical.asp?Page=5 (269 words)

	Glossary of nautical terms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a glossary of nautical terms; some remain current, many date from the 17th-19th century.
		Crow's nest - Specifically a masthead constructed with sides and sometimes a roof to shelter the lookouts from the weather, generally by whaling vessels, this term has become a generic term for what is properly called masthead.
		Line - the correct nautical term for the majority of the cordage or "ropes" used on a vessel.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_nautical_terms (8385 words)

	Glossary of Nautical Terms
		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 /glossary.htm (1678 words)

	Middle English Nautical Terminology
		These particulars of accounts “were sometimes kept by the master shipwright himself; in other cases it may be taken for granted that the person in charge of the building or repairing [the ship] also supervised the clerk in keeping the account” (Sandahl, vol.1, 13).
		The technical terms contained therein “may therefore be regarded as accurate” (13) in the view of Bertil Sandahl, whose three-volume Middle English Sea Terms remains the standard study.
		Sandahl proceeds from a broad definition of “sea terms,” and includes in his study several carpentry terms that relate closely to the nautical terms, among them the Low Dutch wood words clapholt, cog-board, deal, knorholt, righolt, wainscot and the Low German nail words anned, need, boyspikar, crame, grope-nail, middle-nail, scot-nail, tingle, and wrakling.
	www.chass.utoronto.ca /~cpercy/courses/6361shields.htm (906 words)

	Nautical Terms
		The term "Dead Reckoning" actually originated from the word "Deduced Reckoning." After making a deduction from a known point at a known speed, one would "Reckon" to be at a certain point.
		Zinc plates attached to the hull to minimize electrolysis (and ultimate failure) of the metal in the rudder and other areas.
		Nautical Decor Store for reproduction vintage-looking handcrafted 3D signs, sporting and nautical decor.
	www.nauticaldecorstore.com /NT1.htm (6678 words)

	Nautical Terms - Nautical Currents boating diving and ocean information
		Nautical Terms - Nautical Currents boating diving and ocean information
		From the nautical: by meaning into the wind and large meaning with the wind: as in, "By and Large the ship handled very well."
		A sudden unexpected rush of wind from a mountainous shore which allowed a ship more leeway.
	www.nauticalcurrents.com /nauticalterms.htm (1628 words)

	Nautical Terms Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Bosun's Mate dictionary of Nautical Terms has been compiled from many sources and is constantly being augmented and revised in our attempt to capture as much of the rich yet complicated (and often conflicting) maritime termonology as possible.
		Various knots both functional and ornamental from the nautical to the ornamental and with both historic and present day value.
		A terms used to describe the ship's boys (typically 7-10) on war ships that would carry gun powder from the magazeen to the gun decks and stand ready to pass pre-measured Charges to the men at the gun.
	www.bosunsmate.org /glossary (755 words)

	nautical models - terms and conditions
		All goods are supplied on a cash with order basis unless alternative terms are offered or agreed.
		All deliveries must be signed for as in pefect condition and any claims notified to us and the carrier etc.,at the time of delivery.
		We will replace any item found to be defective in materials or due to our production at the time of delivery.
	www.nauticalmodels.co.uk /termsandconditions.htm (241 words)

	Nautical Terms
		The term is also used to refer to the vessels.
		It is the difference between the number of tons of water a vessel displaces "light" and the number of tons it displaces "when submerged to the 'deep load line'." A vessel's cargo capacity is less than its total deadweight tonnage.
		The difference in weight between a vessel when it is fully loaded and when it is empty (in general transportation terms, the net) measured by the water it displaces.
	www.thedailynews.com /boats/nauticalterms.htm (20151 words)

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