Nautical dictionary

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	Yacht	Yate	Jacht	Yacht	A vessel of pleasure or state
	Stern			Heck	The after end of a vessel, see By the stern
	Anchor	Ancla	Anker	Anker	A heavy metal device, fastened to a chain or line, to hold a vessel in position, partly because of its weight, but mainly because the designed shape digs into the bottom
	Anemometer	Anemometro	Anemometer	Anemometer	Instrument to mesure the wind speed
	Abaft				Toward the rear (stern) of the boat
	Abeam				At right angle or off to the side of the keel of the boat at right angle to the middle of the ship
	Aboard	A bordo	Aan boord		On or within the boat
	Above Deck				On the deck, not over it see Aloft
	Aft				Toward the stern of the boat
	Aground				Touching or fast to the bottom of any body of water on or onto the shore
	Ahead				In a forward direction
	Aids to navigation (aton)				Artificial objects to supplement natural landmarks to indicate safe and unsafe waters
	Aloft				Above or on top of the deck of the boat
	Amidship(s)				In or toward the part of a boat or ship midway between the bow and the stern toward the middle of the ship or boat
	Anchorage				A place suitable for anchoring in relation to the wind, seas and bottom
	Astern				In back of the boat, opposite of ahead
	Athwartships				At right angles to the centerline of the boat across the ship or boatfrom side to side - Rowboat seats are generally athwartships
	Batten down				Secure hatches and loose objects both within the hull and on deck
	Beacon	Baliza			A lighted or unlighted fixed aid to navigation attached directly to the earths surface Lights and daybeacons, both constitute beacons
	Beam				The greatest width of the boat
	Bearing				The direction of an object expressed either as a true bearing as shown on thechart, or as a bearing relative to the heading of the boat
	Below				Beneath the deck
	Bight				The part of the rope or line, between the end and the standing part, on which a knot is ormed a slack part or loop in a rope shallow bay or bend in a coast forming an open bay
	Bilge				The interior of the hull below the floorboards
	Bitter end				The last part of a rope or chain the inboard end of the anchor rope
	Block		Blok		A wooden or metal case enclosing one or more pulleys and having a hook, eye, or strap by which it may be attached
	Boat				A fairly indefinite term - A waterborne vehicle smaller than a ship, a small craft carried aboard a ship
	Boat hook				A short shaft with a fitting at one end shaped to facilitate use in putting a line over a piling, recovering an object dropped overboard, or in pushing or fending off
	Boom				Poles used to support the sails
	Bow				The forward part of a boat
	Bow line				A docking line leading from the bow
	Bow spring line				A bow pivot line used in docking (and undocking), or to prevent the boat from moving forward or astern while made fast to a pier
	Bowline knot				A knot used to form a temporary loop in the end of a line
	Bowsprit				A spar extending forward from the bow
	Bridge				The location from which a vessel is steered and its speed controlled
	Broach				Sudden, unplanned, and uncontrolled turning of a vessel so that the hull is broadside to the seas or to the wind
	Bulkhead				A vertical partition separating compartments
	Buoy				An anchored float used for marking a position on the water or a hazardor a shoal and for mooring
	Cabin				A compartment for passengers or crew
	Capsize				To turn over
	Cast off				To let go
	Catamaran				A twin hulled boat, with hulls side by-side
	Chafing gear				Tubing or cloth wrapping used to protect a line from chafing on a rough surface
	Channel				1:That part of a body of water deep enough for navigation through an area otherwise not suitable, It is usually marked by a single or double line of buoys and sometimes by range markers 2:The deepest part of a stream, bay, or strait, through which
	Chart				A map for use by navigators
	Chine				The intersection of the bottom and sides of a flat or v-bottomed boat
	Chock				A fitting through which anchor or mooring lines are led, usually U-shaped to reduce chafe
	Cleat				A fitting, usually with two horn-shaped ends, to which lines are made fast, the classic cleat is almost anvil-shaped
	Clove hitch				A knot for temporarily fastening a line to a spar or piling
	Cockpit	Bañera	Kuip		An opening in the deck from which the boat is handled
	Coil				To lay a line down in circular turns
	Compass				Navigation instrument, either magnetic (showing magnetic north) or gyro (showing true north)
	Compass card				Part of a compass, the circular card graduated in degrees, it is attached to the compass needles and conforms with the magnet meridian-referenced direction system inscribed with direction, the vessel turns not the card
	Current				The horizontal movement of water
	Cutter				Similar to a sloop except sails are arranged so that many combinations of areas may be obtained
	Day beacon				A fixed navigation aid structure used in shallow waters upon which is placed one or more daymarks
	Day mark				A signboard attached to a daybeacon to convey navigational information presenting one of several standard shapes (square, triangle, rectangle) and colors (red, green, orange, yellow, or black), daymarks usually have reflective material indicating
	Dead ahead				Directly ahead
	Dead astern				Directly aft or behind
	Dead reckoning				A plot of courses steered and distances traveled through the water
	Deck				A permanent covering over a compartment, hull or any part of a ship serving as a floor
	Displacement				The weight of water displaced by a floating vessel
	Displacement hull				A type of hull that plows through the water, displacing a weight of water equal to its own weight, even when more power is added
	Dock				A protected water area in which vessels are moored, the term is often used to denote a pier or a wharf
	Draft				The depth of water a boat draws
	Ease				To slacken or relieve tension on a line
	Ebb tide				A receding tide, a period or state of decline
	Even keel				When a boat is floating on its designed waterline, it is said to be floating on an even keel
	Eye of the wind				The direction from which the wind is blowing
	Eye splice				A permanent loop spliced in the end of a line
	Fast				Said of an object that is secured to another
	Fathom				A unit of length equal to 6 feet used in measuring water depth
	Fender				A cushion placed between boats, or between a boat and a pier, to prevent damage
	Figure eight knot				A knot in the form of a figure eight, placed in the end of a line to prevent the line from passing through a grommet or a block
	Flame arrester				A safety device, such as a metal mesh protector, to prevent an exhaust backfire from causing an explosion, operates by absorbing heat
	Flare				The outward curve of a vessels sides near the bow, a distress signal
	Flotsam				Wreckage or cargo that remains afloat after a ship has sunk, floating refuse or debris
	Flying bridge				An added set of controls above the level of the normal control station for better visibility, usually open, but may have a collapsible top for shade
	Following sea				An overtaking sea that comes from astern
	Fore and aft				In a line parallel to the keel
	Forward				Toward the bow of the boat
	Fouled				Any piece of equipment that is jammed or entangled, or dirtied
	Founder				When a vessel fills with water and sinks
	Freeboard				The minimum vertical distance from the surface of the water to the gunwale
	Gaff				A spar to support the head of a gaff sail
	Gaff rig				Four-sided mainsail defined by two booms, one located on the bottom, perpendicular to the mast, and another, located on top, at an angle from the mast
	Galley				The kitchen area of a boat
	Gangway				The area of a ships side where people board and disembark
	Gear				A general term for ropes, blocks, tackle and other equipment
	Give way vessel				A term, from the Navigational Rules, used to describe the vessel which must yield in meeting, crossing, or overtaking situations
	Grab rails				Hand-held fittings mounted on cabin tops and side for personal safety when moving around the boat
	Ground tackle				Anchor, anchor rode (line or chain), and all the shackles and other gear used for attachment
	Gunwale				The upper edge of a boats sides
	Halyard				Pulls up the sail
	Harbour				A safe anchorage, protected from most storms may be natural or manmade, with breakwaters and jetties, a place for docking and loading
	Hatch				An opening in a boats deck fitted with a watertight cover
	Head				A marine toilet, also the upper corner of a triangular sail
	Heading				The direction in which a vessels bow points at any given time
	Headway				The forward motion of a boat, opposite of sternway
	Heave to				To bring a vessel up in a position where it will maintain little or no headway, usually with the bow into the wind or nearly so
	Heel				To tip to one side
	Helm				The wheel or tiller controlling the rudder
	Hitch				A knot used to secure a rope to another object or to another rope, or to form a loop or a noose in a rope
	Hold				A compartment below deck in a large vessel, used solely for carrying cargo
	Hull				The main body of a vessel
	Hypolimnion				The layer of water in a thermally stratified lake that lies below the thermocline, is noncirculating, and remains perpetually cold
	Hypothermia				A life threatening condition in which the bodys temperature are subnormal and the entire body cools
	Inboard				More toward the center of a vessel, inside, a motor fitted inside the boat
	Jackstay				A strong line or wire stay running from bow to stern along the sides of a boat
	Jettison				To cast overboard or off, Informal to discard (something) as unwanted or burdensome
	Kedge				To use an anchor to move a boat by hauling on the anchor rode, a basic anchor type
	Keel				The centerline of a boat running fore and aft, the backbone of a vessel
	Ketch				A two-masted sailboat with the smaller after mast stepped ahead of the rudderpost
	Knot				A measure of speed equal to one nautical mile (6076 feet) per hour, A fastening made by interweaving rope to form a stopper, to enclose or bind an object, to form a loop or a noose, to tie a small rope to an object, or to tie the ends of two s
	Lacustrine				Of or relating to lakes, living or growing in or along the edges of lakes
	Leeward				The direction away from the wind, opposite of windward
	Leeway				The sideways movement of the boat caused by either wind or current
	Line				Rope and cordage used aboard a vessel
	Log				A record of courses or operation, also a device to measure speed
	Lubbers line				A mark or permanent line on a compass indicating the direction forward, parallel to the keel when properly installed
	Marconi rig				The most common type of sail used today, a triangle-shaped mainsail defined by the mast and one horizontal beam perpendicular to the mast called a boom
	Marlinespike				A tool for weaving and splicing rope
	Mast				A spar set upright to support rigging and sails
	Monohull				A boat with one hull
	Mooncusser				Legendary opportunists who lured vessels onto shoals during nights when there was no moonlight to illuminate the coastline
	Mooring				An arrangement for securing a boat to a mooring buoy or a pier
	Mooring buoy				A buoy secured to a permanent anchor sunk deeply into the bottom
	Nautical mile				According to Websters: any of various units of distance used for sea and air navigation, an international unit equal to 6076,115 feet (1852 meters), about 1/8 longer than the statute mile of 5280 feet
	Navigation				The art and science of conducting a boat safely from one point to another
	Outboard				Toward or beyond the boats sides, a detachable engine mounted on a boats stern
	Outdrive				inboard/outboard - A propulsion system for boats with an inboard engine operating an exterior drive, with drive shaft, gears, and propeller also called stern drive and Z-drive
	Overboard				Over the side or out of the boat
	Personal watercraft (pwc)				Official terminology for jetskis
	Painter				A line attached to the bow of a boat for use in towing or making fast
	Pay out				To ease out a line, or let it run in a controlled manner
	Pendant				The line by which a boat is connected to a mooring buoy, a short rope hanging from a spar having at its free end a spliced thimble or a block
	Pennant				Any nautical flags that taper to a point and used for identification
	Personal flotation device (pfd)				Official terminology for life jacket, when properly used a PFD will support a person in the water, available in several sizes and types
	Pier				A loading/landing platform extending at an angle from the shore
	Piloting				Navigation by using visible references
	Pitch				The alternating rise and fall of the bow of a vessel proceeding through waves, the theoretical distance advanced by a propeller in one revolution, tar and resin used for caulking between the planks of a wooden vessel
	Pitchpole				To turn end over end in very rough seas
	Planing hull				A type of hull shaped to glide easily across the water at high speed
	Port	Babor	Bakboord		The left side of a boat looking forward, a harbor
	Propeller				A rotating device, with two or more blades, that acts as a screw in propelling a vessel
	Quarter				The sides of a boat aft of amidships
	Quartering sea				Sea coming on a boats quarter
	Reef				To reduce the sail area
	Rode				The anchor line and/or chain
	Roll				The alternating motion of a boat, leaning alternately to port and starboard, the motion of a boat about its fore-and-aft axis
	Rope				In general, cordage as it is purchased at the store, when it comes aboard a vessel and is put to use, it becomes a line
	Rope cutter				1:A tool used to cut rope, 2:A device attached to the prop shaft which cuts through ropes, plastic bags, nets, and other materials that may get tangled in the prop
	Rudder				A vertical plate or board for steering a boat
	Running lights				Lights required to be shown on boats underway between sundown and sunup
	Schooner				First seen among 19th-century ships, it is multimasted and furls triangular sails, the foremost mast is always shorter than the others
	Scope				The ratio of the length of an anchor line, from a vessels bow to the anchor, to the depth of the water
	Screw				A boats propeller
	Scupper				An opening in the side of a ship at deck level to allow water to run off, an opening for draining off water, as from a floor or the roof of a building
	Sea anchor				Any device used to reduce a boats drift before the wind
	Secure				To make fast
	Shackle				A U shaped connector with a pin or bolt across the open end
	Shear pin				A safety device, used to fasten a propeller to its shaft, it breaks when the propeller hits a solid object, thus preventing further damage
	Sheet				Adjusts a sails angle to the wind
	Sheet bend				A knot used to join two ropes, functionally different from a square knot in that it can be used between lines of different diameters
	Ship				A larger vessel usually used for ocean travel, according to Websters, a sailing vessel usually having a bowsprit and three masts each composed of a lower mast, a top mast, and a topgallant mast, also a vessel that is able to carry a boat on bo
	Shoal				An offshore hazard to navigation at a depth of 16 fathoms (30 meters or 96 feet) or less, composed of unconsolidated material
	Shrouds				Run from the top of the mast to the port (left) and starboard (right) side of the hull to give sideways support
	Slack				Not fastened, loose, to loosen
	Sloop				A single-masted vessel with working sails (main and jib) set fore and aft
	Splice				To permanently join two ropes by tucking their strands alternately over and under each other
	Spring line				A pivot line used in docking, undocking, or to prevent the boat from moving forward or astern while made fast to a dock
	Squall				A sudden, violent wind often accompanied by rain
	Square knot				A knot used to join two lines of similar size, also called a reef knot
	Square-rigger				Large ships dating back to the 17th century typically with three masts carrying rectangular sails mounted on horizontal beems called yards
	Standing part				That part of a line which is made fast, the main part of a line as distinguished from the bight and the end
	Stand-on vessel				That vessel which continues its course in the same direction at the same speed during a crossing or overtaking situation, unless a collision appears imminent (Was formerly called the privileged vessel)
	Starboard				The right side of a boat when looking forward
	Stern				The after part (back) of the boat
	Stern line				A docking line leading away from the stern
	Stow				To pack or store away, especially to pack in an orderly, compact manner
	Swamp				To fill with water, but not settle to the bottom
	Tackle				A combination of blocks and line used to increase mechanical advantage
	Thwart				A seat or brace running laterally across a boat, also a rowers seat extending across the boat
	Tide				The periodic rise and fall of water level in the oceans
	Tiller				A bar or handle for turning a boats rudder or an outboard motor
	Toe rail				A small rail around the deck of a boat, the toe rail may have holes in it to attach lines or blocks
	Topgallant				Relating to the part next above the topmast and below the royal mast
	Topsail				The sail above the lowermost sail on a square-rigged ship, also the sail set above and sometimes on the gaff in a fore-and-aft rigged ship
	Topsides				The sides of a vessel between the waterline and the deck, sometimes referring to onto or above the deck
	Transom				The stern cross-section of a square-sterned boat, any transverse beams secured to the sternpost
	Trim				Fore and aft balance of a boat
	Trimaran				A boat with three hulls
	Tripline				A line fast to the crown of an anchor by means of which it can be hauled out when dug too deeply or fouled, a similar line used on a sea anchor to bring it aboard
	True north pole				The north end of the earths axis and also called North Geographic Pole, the direction indicated by 000? (or 360?) on the true compass rose
	True wind				The actual direction from which the wind is blowing
	Tumble home				Refers to a cabin or hull with a width that becomes narrower as height increases
	Turnbuckle				A threaded, adjustable rigging fitting, used for stays, lifelines, and sometimes other rigging
	Underway				Vessel in motion, when not moored, at anchor, or aground
	V-bottom				A hull with the bottom section in the shape of a V
	Variation				The angular difference between the magnetic meridian and the geographic meridian at a particular location
	Vhf radio				A very high frequency electronic communications and direction finding system
	Wake				Moving waves, track or path that a boat leaves behind when moving across the waters
	Waterline				A line painted on a hull which shows the point to which a boat sinks when it is properly trimmed
	Way				Movement of a vessel through the water, such as headway, sternway, or leeway
	Wharf				A manmade structure bonding the edge of a dock and built along or at an angle to the shoreline, used for loading, unloading, or tying up vessels
	Winch				A device used to increase hauling power when raising or trimming sails
	Windward				Toward the direction from which the wind is coming, opposite of leeward
	Yaw				To swing off course, as when due to the impact of a following or quartering sea
	Yawl				A two-masted sailboat with the small mizzen mast stepped abaft the rudder post
	Ab				Ableseaman rating a man able to hand, reef and steer
	Aback-(backwinded)				The sail filling on wrong side in the casee of square rigged ship may cause the ship to go astern, see All-Aback
	Abaft				Towards the stern of a vessel
	Abaft the beam				Aft a line which extends out from amidships
	Abandon ship	Abandonar			An order given to leave a ship when it is in danger
	Abandonment				A marine insurance term indicating that the cost of repairs to a vessel is more than the cost of the vessel and cargo
	Abeam				At right angle to the middle of the ships side
	Fall aboard				One vessel falls foul of another
	To lay aboard				To sail alongside an enemy vessel with the intention of boarding
	Tacks aboard				To brace the yards around for sailing close hauled
	About				On the other tack, to pass through the eye of the wind
	Above board				Above the deck
	Abreast				Along side or at right to
	Accommodation				See Ladder
	A-cock-bill				The situation of the yards when they are topped up at an angle with the deck, the situation of an anchor when it hangs to the cathead by the ring only
	Adrift	A la deriva	Op dreef		Broken from moorings or fasts, without Fasts
	Afloat				Resting on the surface of the water
	Afore				Forward, the opposite of abaft
	Aft/after				At, near or towards the stern, to move aft is to move to the back of the boat
	After leading				A line that lead from its point of attachment toward the stern
	Aground				Touching the bottom
	Ahead				In the direction of the vessel`s head, wind ahead is from the direction toward which the vessel`s head points (opposite to A-stern)
	Ahoy				seaman`s call to attract attention
	A-hull				The situation of a vessel when she lies with all her sails furled and her helm lashed a-lee
	A-lee				The situation of the helm when it is put in the opposite direction from that in, which the wind blows
	All-aback				When all the sails are aback
	All hands				The whole crew
	All in the wind				When all the sails are shaking
	Aloft				Up above, up the mast or in the rigging
	Aloof				At a distance
	Amain				Suddenly, at once
	Amidships				In the middle of the ship, either to the length or breadth
	Anchorage				A sheltered place or area where a boat can anchor
	Anchor ball				A black ball visible in all direction display in the forward part of a vessel at anchor
	Anchor watch				See Watch, A member or members of the crew that keep watch and check the drift of ship
	Anchor light				A white light visible in all direction display in the forward part of a vessel at anchor
	An-end				When a mast is perpendicular to the deck
	A-peek				When the cable is hove taut so as to bring the vessel nearly over her anchor, the yards are a-peek when they are topped up by contrary lifts
	Apparent wind				Wind felt on a vessel underway
	Apron				A piece of timber fixed behind the lower part of the stern, just above the fore end of the keel, a covering to the vent or lock of a cannon
	Arm				Yard-Arm, the extremity of a yard, also the lower part of an anchor, crossing the shank and terminating in the flukes
	Arming				A piece of tallow put in the cavity and over the bottom of a lead-line
	A-stern				In the direction of the stern, the opposite of ahead
	A-taunt				See Taunt
	Athwart				Across
	Athwart-ships				Across the line of the vessel`s keel
	Athwart-hawse				Across the direction of a vessel`s head, across her cable
	A-trip				The situation of the anchor when it is raised clear of the ground, the same as a-weigh
	Avast! Or `vast				The command to stop, or cease, in any operation
	A-weather				The situation of the helm when it is put in the direction from which the wind blows
	A-weigh				The same as A-trip
	Awning				A covering of canvass over a vessel`s deck, or over a boat, to keep off sun or rain
	Back				To back an anchor, is to carry out a smaller one ahead of the one by which the vessel rides, to take off some of the strain
	To back a sail				Is throw it aback
	To back and fill				Is alternately to back and fill the sails
	Backstay	Baquestay	Achterstag		Mast support running to aft deck or another mast, stays
	Backstaff information				The ship`s distance from that landmark can be calculated, a navigation instrument used to measure the apparent height of a landmark whose actual height is known, such as the top of a lighthouse
	Backwinded				when the wind hits the leeward side of the sails
	Baggywrinkle				Chafing gear made from old ropes
	Bagpipe				To bagpipe the mizzen, is to lay it aback by bringing the sheet to the weather mizzen rigging
	Bail				Ironrod partially circling the boom to which sheet block is attached, see Bale, to remove water from the boat
	Bailers				Openings in the bottom or transom to drain water when sailing, see Self Bailers
	Balance-reef				A reef in a spanker or fore-and-aft mainsail, which runs from the outer head-earing, diagonally, to the tack, it is the closest reef, and makes the sail triangular, or nearly so
	Bale				To bale a boat, is to throw water out of her, A fitting on the end of a spar, to which a line may be led
	Ballast				Is either pigs of iron, stones, or gravel, which last is called single ballast and their use is to bring the ship down to her bearings in the water which her provisions and stores will not do, trim the ballast that is spread it about, and lay it e
	Bank				A boat is double banked, when men seated on the same thwart pull two oars, one opposite the other
	Bar				A bank or shoal at the entrance of a harbor
	Barber hauler				A line attached to the jib or jib sheet, used to adjust the angle of sheeting by pulling the sheet towards the centre line of the boat
	Bare-poles				The condition of a ship when she has no sail set
	Barge				A large double-banked boat used by the commander of a vessel, in the navy
	Bark				3 Masted with Square rigged on fore and main mast
	Barkentine				3 Masted with Square rigged on fore mast only
	Barnacle				A shellfish often found on a vessel`s bottom
	Barratry				An unlawful or fraudulent act, or very gross and culpable negligence, by the master or mariners of a vessel in violation of their duty as such, directly prejudicial to the owner or cargo, and without his consent, Smuggling, trading with an enemy,
	Battens				Thin strips of wood put around the hatches, to keep the tarpaulin down, also put upon rigging to keep it from chafing, a large batten widened at the end, and put upon rigging, is called a Scotchman
	Beacon				A post or buoy placed over a shoal or bank to warn vessels off, also as a signal-mark on land
	Beam				The widest part of the boat
	Beams				Strong pieces of timber stretching across the vessel, to support the decks
	On the weather or lee beam				Is in a direction to windward or leeward, at right angles with the keel
	On beam ends				The situation of a vessel when turned over so that her beams are inclined toward the vertical
	Beam reach				A point of sail where the boat is sailing at a right angle to the apparent wind
	Bearing				The direction of an object expressed either as a true bearing as shown on the chart, or as a bearing relative to the heading of the boat
	The bearings of a vessel				The widest part of her below the plank-shear, that part of her hull, which is on the waterline when she is at anchor, and in her proper trim
	Bear				An object bears so and so, when it is in such a direction from the person looking
	To bear down upon a vessel				To approach her from the windward
	To bear up				To put the helm up, keep a vessel off from her course, and move her to leeward
	To bear away				The same as to bear up, being applied to the vessel instead of to the tiller
	To bear-a-hand				To make haste
	Beating				Going toward the direction of the wind, by alternate tacks
	Beaufort scale				A system for estimating wind strengths
	Becalm				To intercept the wind, a vessel or highland to windward is said to becalm another, so one sail becalms another
	Becket				A piece of rope placed so as to confines a spar or another rope, a handle made of rope, in the form of a circle, (as the handle of a chest) Is called a becket
	Bees				Pieces of plank bolted to the outer end of the bowsprit, to reeve the foretopmast stays through
	Belay				Change order, to make a line secure to a pin, cleat or bitt
	Belay pin				Iron or wood pin fitted into railing to secure lines to
	Bend				To make fast
	To bend a sail				To make it fast to the yard
	To bend a cable				To make it fast to the anchor
	A bend				A knot by which one rope is made fast to another
	Bends				The strongest part of a vessel`s side, to which the beams, knees, and foot-hooks are bolted, the part between the water`s edge and the bulwarks
	Beneaped				See Neaped
	Bentick shrouds				Formerly used, and extending from the futtock-staves to the opposite channels
	Berth				The place where a vessel lies, the place in which a man sleeps
	Between-decks				The space between any two decks of a ship
	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, except the ends, also, a bend in the shore, making a small bay or inlet
	Bilge				The lowest part of the interior hull below the waterline
	Bilge-ways				Pieces of timber bolted together and placed under the bilge, in launching
	Bilge water				Water which settles in the bilge
	Bilge				The largest circumference of a cask
	Bilged				When the bilge is broken in
	Bilge pump				A mechanical, electrical, or manually operated pump used to remove water from the bilge
	Bill				The point at the extremity of the fluke of an anchor
	Billet-head				See Head
	Binnacle				A box near the helm, containing the compass
	Biscuit				Bread intended for naval or military expeditions is now simply flour well kneaded, with the least possible