The Seamans Friend Containing a Treatise On Practical Seamanship With Plates
The Seamans Friend Containing a Treatise On Practical Seamanship With Plates
Dana Richard Henry
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BIBBS. Pieces of timber bolted to the hounds of a mast, to support the trestle-trees. BIGHT. The double part of a rope when it is folded ; in contradistinction from the ends. Any part of a rope may be called the bight, ex- cept the ends. Also, a bend in the shore, making a small bay or inlet. BILGE. That part of the floor of a ship upon which she would rest if aground ; being the part near the keel which is more in a hori- zontal than a perpendicular line. Bilge-ways. Pieces of timber bolted to...gether and placed under the bilge, in launching. Bilged. When the bilge is broken in. Bilge Water. Water which settles in the bilge. Bilge. The largest circumference of a cask. BILL. The point at the extremity of the fluke of an anckoi*- BlLLET-HEAD. (See HEAD. ) BINNACLE. A box near the helm, containing the compass. BITTS. Perpendicular pieces of timber going through the deck, placed to secure anything to. The cables are fastened to them, if there is no windla'ss. There are also bitts to secure the windlass, and on each side of the heel of the bowsprit.
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