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shrouds which are formed like a collar to go over the mast.    The
eyes of stays are termed collars,

Flemish Eye, or Made Eye. An eye formed by unlaying
one strand of a rope's end, and laying it up round the eye formed
by the other portion of the rope's end.
 

FLEMISH  EYE   (AFTER  DARCY  LEVER).

Lashing Eye. A spliced eye made on the end or ends of any
rope for a lashing, being rove through in order to set it tight.

Made Eye.    The same as Flemish Eye, .'■

Spliced Eye, or Eye Splice. An eye formed by turning
the end of a rope back, opening the strands, and splicing it by
putting them through the strands of the standing part.

FACING, in Shipbuilding, implies letting one piece of timber
on to another to give it additional strength or finish.

FACTOR. A commercial agent residing at a distance from
his principal, of some part of whose trade he has the superin¬
tendence. He is paid by a percentage (termed Factorage or
commission) on the price of the goods which he sells or buys.

FAG.    A rope is fagged when the end is untwisted.

FAG-END, The extreme end of a rope, more particularly
when it has become untwisted,

FAIR, in Shipbuilding, denotes the evenness or regularity of a
curve or line. Applied to the wind, it signifies favourable as
opposed to foul: but in a more particular sense a fair wind
implies a wind blowing from abaft the ship's beam, being rather
applicable when the ship is sailing * large' than when sailing
'free.' A rope is said to lead fair when it moves freely through
a block or the like.

To fair a ship means to chip the timbers fair.

FAIRLEADER. A strip of board or plank with toles in it,
or a thimble, seized where required, for running rigging or any

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