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Gunwale
·noun The upper edge of a vessel's or boat's side; the uppermost wale of a ship (not including the b...

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gunwale
, or gunnel Nearly synonymous with plank-sheer (which see); but its strict application is that hor...

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under the lee
Sheltered from the wind by some intervening object, as a ship under the lee of the land. ...

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Lee
·vi To <<Lie>>; to speak falsely. II. Lee ·noun That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipb...

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lee
calm, under the wind, shelter. S. ...

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lee
From the Scandinavian word lœ or laa, the sea; it is the side opposite to that from which the wind i...

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Under
·prep Less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or...

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Lee, Nathaniel
(1653?-1692) Dramatist, s. of a clergyman at Hatfield, was ed. at Westminster School and Camb. Afte...

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Lee, Harriet
See Lee, Sophia ...

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Lee, Sophia
(1750-1824), Lee, Harriet (1757-1851) Novelists and dramatists, dau. of John L., an actor, were the...

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Lee, Sidney
D.Litt., LL.D. (b. 1859) Ed. of The Dictionary of National Biography (with Sir L. Stephen), Stratf...

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a-lee
The contrary of a-weather: the position of the helm when its tiller is borne over to the lee-side of...

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lee-anchor
The leeward one, if under weigh; or that to leeward to which a ship, when moored, is riding. ...

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lee-beam
On the lee-side of the ship, at right angles with the keel. ...

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lee-boards
Wooden wings or strong frames of plank affixed to the sides of flat-bottomed vessels, such as Dutch ...

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lee-fang
A rope rove through the cringle of a sail, for hauling in, so as to lace on a bonnet. ...

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lee-fange
The iron bar upon which the sheets of fore-and-aft sails traverse, in small vessels. (See horse.) ...

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lee-gauge
Implies being farther from the point whence the wind blows, than another vessel in company. ...

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lee-hitch
The helmsman getting to leeward of the course. ...

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lee-lurches
The sudden and violent rolls which a ship often takes to leeward when a large wave strikes her on th...

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lee-shore
A ship is said to be on a lee-shore, when she is near it, with the wind blowing right on to it. ...

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lee-side
All that part of a ship or boat which lies between the mast and the side farthest from the wind, the...

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lee-tide
A tide running in the same direction as the wind, and forcing a ship to leeward of the line upon whi...

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lee-way
What a vessel loses by drifting to leeward in her course. When she is sailing close-hauled in a smoo...

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lee-wheel
The assistant to the helmsman. ...

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Under-age
·adj Not having arrived at adult age, or at years of discretion; hence, raw; green; immature; boyish...

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Under-arm
·adj Done (as bowling) with the arm not raised above the elbow, that is, not swung far out from the ...

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Under-garment
·noun A garment worn below another. ...

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under dubber
A turnkey. ...

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to cut under
To undersell in price.--New York. ...

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to knock under
A common expression to denote that one yields or submits.--Johnson. For ten times ten, and that's a...

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knuckle-under
Obey your superior's order; give way to circumstances. ...

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under-bevelling
The alteration made inside a square in hewing timber, as opposed to standing bevelling. ...

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under-bright
A meteorological term for the strong light which sometimes appears below clouds near the horizon. ...

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under canvas
Synonymous with under sail. ...

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under-current
A stream which sets beneath the surface-water of the sea whilst that is either in a quiescent state ...

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under deck
The floor of a cabin, or 'tween decks. ...

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under foot
Under the ship's bottom; said of an anchor which is dropped while she has head-way. An anchor is oft...

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under level
See bevelling. ...

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under-manned
When a ship has an insufficient complement, or is short-handed. ...

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under-masted
When the masts are either too small or too short, so that a ship cannot spread the sail necessary to...

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under metal
The condition of a gun when the muzzle is depressed, and the metal, i.e. the breech, raised; the pro...

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under sail
The state of a ship when she is in motion from the action of wind on her sails. ...

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under-set
Wherever the wind impels the surface-water directly upon the shore of a bay, the water below restore...

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under-skinker
Assistant to the purser's steward. ...

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under-tow
An under current especially noticed at the mouths of great rivers, or where tide and half-tides prev...

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under way
A ship beginning to move under her canvas after her anchor is started. Some have written this under ...

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heeling gunwale to
Pressing down sideways to her upper works, particularly applied to boats running before a heavy sea,...

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by the lee
The situation of a vessel going free, when she has fallen off so much as to bring the wind round her...

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hard-a-lee
The situation of the tiller when it brings the rudder hard over to windward. Strictly speaking, it o...

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luff a-lee
See luff round ...

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half-topsails, under
Said of a chase about 12 miles distant, the rest being below the horizon. ...

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hand-under-hand
Descending a rope by the converse of hand-over-hand ascent. ...

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prisoner under restraint
Suspended from duty; deprived of command. ...

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staggering under it
A ship's labouring under as much canvas as she can bear. ...

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stand from under!
A notice given to those below to keep out of the way of anything being lowered down, or let fall fro...

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stand right under!
Jocularly, "Get out of the way." ...

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under bare poles
The condition of a ship under no canvas, or when the wind is too violent to allow of any sail being ...

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under-shore, to
To support or raise a thing by putting a spar or prop under it, as a ship is shored up in dock. ...

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under the sea
A ship lying-to in a heavy gale, and making bad weather of it. ...

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under the wind
So situated to leeward of something as not to feel the wind. ...

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angle of lee-way
The difference between the apparent compass-course and the true one arising from lateral pressure an...

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brought by the lee
See bring by the lee, to. ...

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make lee-way, to
To drift to leeward of the course. ...

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(St.) Faith under St. Paul's
A parish Church under the Quire of St. Paul's, at the west end of Jesus Chapel (S. 331). A crypt of...

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haul under the chains
This is a phrase signifying a ship's working and straining on the masts and shrouds, so as to make t...

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let go under foot
See under foot. ...

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lie under arms, to
To remain in a state of preparation for immediate action. ...

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over and under turns
Terms applied to the passing of an earing, besides its inner and outer turns. ...

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bring by the lee, to
To incline so rapidly to leeward of the course when the ship sails large, or nearly before the wind,...

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under-run a warp, to
To haul a boat along underneath it, in order to clear it, if any part happens to be foul. To under-r...

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under-run a hawser or warp, to
To haul a boat along underneath it, in order to clear it, if any part happens to be foul. To under-r...

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lee-hatch, take care of the!
A word of caution to the helmsman, not to let the ship fall to leeward of her course. ...

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lee-side of the quarter-deck
Colloquially called the midshipman's parade. ...

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born under a threepenny halfpenny planet, never to be worth a groat
Said of any person remarkably unsuccessful in his attempts or profession. ...

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