VOCABULARY
 

FRENCH   NAUTICAL   TERMS   DEFINED   IN   THE   FOREGOINa
DICTIONARY.
 

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ABA

Abaca, abaca

Abandon, AbandonnemeDt, abandon-

mentofa ship by.her crew in case of

exit erne pertly or  of a ship to her

insurers
Abattage, heaving down
Abattre,   to   cast   Qin   getting   under

weigh)
Abattre en carene, to heave down
Abordage,   collision;    running foul;

boarding
Aborder uq batiment, to run foul of a

ship
Aborder a le navire, to go on boai d of

the ship
Aboutement, butt of two planks
Abri, a small creek; a shelter
Abrier, to becalm
Accore, shore in shipbuilding
Accorer, to shore,
Acculenjent, rising of the floor timbers;

rising floors
Aeon, barge
Action, action
Adents, dowells
Affourcher, to moor
Affranchir, to free
Affreter, to freight
Affre teur, freigh ter
A -flot, afloat; floating
Agreer, to rig
Agrener, to bale
Agres et apparaux, tackle and apparel

{of a ship)
 

ANG

Aide, mate; assistant (as carpenter's
mate, surgeons assistant, Sfc.)

Aiguihe aimantee^ magnetic needle

Aiguillette, lashing, seizing

Aile de derive, leeboard

Aile de pigeon, sky scraper

Air de vent, rhomb line

Alestir, to lighten a ship

Alizes, trade winds

Allege, lighter; craft

Alleger un navire, to lighten a ship hy
the discharge of par t of her lading

Allumer, to fetch the pump

Almadie, almady

AlougQSy futtocks

Alonges d'ecubier, hawse timbers

Altitude, altitude

Amarrage, lashing; seizing

Amarrer, to 7nakefast; to belay; to seize

Amener, to lower; to haul down;  Io
strike

Amer, sea mark

Amiral, admired

Amiraute, admiralty

Amorcer, to prime

Amorti, neaped

Amortissement, neap tides

Amure, tack of a sail

Ancrage, anchorage

Ancre, anchor ^

Ancre de ca'QQ, floating anchor

Ancrer, to anchor

Anemometre, anemometer

Anges, grape shot

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