If the ship is too much by the stern, she will carry her helm too much a-lee.
·adv Slackly; as, slack dried hops. II. Slack ·noun A valley, or small, shallow dell. III. Slack ·...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The part of a rope or sail that hangs loose. ♦ To slack, is to decrease in tension or velocity; as...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun ·see <<Haulm>>, straw. II. Helm ·noun A <<Helve>>. III. Helm ·noun A <<Helmet>>. IV. Helm ·...
1) a hovel. N. 2) stubble gathered after the corn is housed ; also pease straw. S. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Properly is the tiller, but sometimes used to express the rudder, and the means used for turning it,...
, or slacken! The order to ease away the rope or tackle by which anything is held fast; as, "Slack...
The interval between the flux and reflux of the tide, as between the last of the ebb and first of th...
The round hole or cavity in a ship's counter, through which the head of the rudder passes into the t...
A singular meteorological phenomenon which occurs in the north of England. Besides special places in...
One of the principal results of sound seamanship is the proper trim of the vessel and the sail carri...
, or taut weather-helm. A ship with a side wind is said to carry a taut weather-helm, when the wat...
A ship is said to carry a weather-helm when she is inclined to gripe, or come too near the wind, and...
Slow in going about. Also applied to a lazy man. ...
the handle of a spade, &c. Derb. ...
When a ship obeys the rudder or steers. ...
An order often given in a vessel close-hauled, to put the helm down a few spokes in a head sea, with...
The piece of timber placed across the lower counter, withinside the height of the helm-port, and bol...
The order to put it amidships, that is, in a line with the keel. ...
The order for an alteration of its position, by moving it towards the opposite side of the ship; tha...
So place the helm that the rudder is brought on the port side of the stern-post. (See hard-a-starboa...
See taut helm ...
Doing nothing. (See eyelids.) ...
Tenement of Thomas de Lillyngston so called in parish of St. Peter de Cornhull, 1361 (Ct. H.W. II. 3...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
An order to put the helm a-lee. ...
To have good steerage way, carrying taut weather-helm, which gives command of steerage. Also said of...
Put it a-weather; that is, over to the windward side, or (whichever way the tiller is shipped) so as...