NAUTICAL DICTIONARY.
 

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SPRITSAIL  SHEET KNOT.
 

KNUCKLE, or NIPPLE, in Shipbuilding, a sudden angle
made'on a timber, such as the.knuckles of the long stern timbers
at the archboard.   jf   Vnc^i^^w?' I'^^i^'-^     '^^^^ ^       (icu . ,    j v.   ::

KOFF. A coasting vessel of Holland, having two masts
rigged with spritsails and sometimes also a jigger-mast. (Diet.
de Marine a voiles.)

KRENG. Any useless part of the carcass of a whale. See
Flensing,
 

LABOURSOME. A ship is said to be laboursome at sea,
when, either from some defect in her construction, or owing to
improper stowage, she is subject to labour-, that is, to pitch
violently in a heavy sea, and roll to windward against both wind
and sea, whereby she may be strained and injured.    See Rolling.

LACINC^. Rope used to lash a sail to its yard or gaff, or a
bonnet to a sail.       ^   r\

LADDER. A well-known frame with steps. There are
various kinds of ladders used about a ship; such as the Hold-
ladders, Forecastle-ladders, he,, for getting into or out of these
parts of the ship.              r;      ^

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