NAUXICAI. DICTIONARY.
 

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S3fETCH,-OE  A  CUTTER.
 

1.  Mainsail.

2.  Foresail.

3.  Jib.
 

4.  Jib topsail

5.  Gaff topsail.
 

sheer-draught corresponding to the upper surface of the throats
of the floors amidships and to the under side of the keelson.

CUTWATER, or FALSE STEM (Fr. Guibre). A piece of
hard wood fayed to the fore part of a vessel's main stem, its tail
covering in the fore end of the keel. Its upper end supports the
ornament called the figure-head placed under the bowsprit; it is
also called the knee of the head.    (Plate IV, 15.) ?.

CYCLE (Fr. Cycle). The period of the revolution of a
celestial body.    (Diet, de Marine a voiles.)

CYLINDER (STEAM) (Fr. Cylindre), with appendages.
See description of Steam Engine, Sects. 1, 22, and 23

CYLINDER BSCAPE-YALVES. See description of Steam
Engine, Sect. 6.

DAGGER.    A term, applied to anything'placed obliquely in a

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