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+ | '''MADE -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | A ''made mast ''or ''block'' is one composed of different pieces. A ship's lower mast is a ''made spar'', her topmast is a ''whole spar.'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MAINMAST -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Second mast in vessels with two or more masts, excepts yawls and ketches. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MAINSAIL -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The lower sail set on the mast. In square riggers, also called the main course. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MANGER -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | A coaming just within the hawse-hole. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MAN-ROPES -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Ropes used in going up and down a vessel's sides. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MARINER -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Person employed in the commercial shipping trade and works on a ship. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MARL -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | To wind or twist a small line or rope round another. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MARLINE -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Small two-stranded material, used for marling. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MARLING-HITCH -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | A kind of hitch used in marling. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MARLINGSPIKE -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | An iron pin, sharpened at one end, and having a hole in the other for a lanyard. Used both as a fid and a heaver. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MARRY -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | To join ropes together by a worming over both. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MARRY THE GUNNER'S DAUGHTER -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Old nickname for a flogging. Victim was spread across a ship's gun. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MARTINGALE -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | A short perpendicular spar, under the bowsprit end, used for guying down the head-stays. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MASTER -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Merchant Navy oficer in command of a ship. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MAT -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Made of strands of old rope, to prevent chafing. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MATE -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | An officer under the master. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MAST''' - | ||
+ | |||
+ | A spar set upright to support rigging and sails. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MESH -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The places between the lines of the netting. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MESS -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Any number of men who eat together. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MESSENGER -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | A rope used for heaving in a cable by the capstan. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MIDDLE GROUND -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Shoal area between two navigable channels. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MIDSHIPS -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The timber at the broadest part of a vessel. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MISS-STAYS -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | To fail going about from one tack to another. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MIZZEN-MAST -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The aftermost mast of a ship. The spanker is sometimes called the ''mizzen.'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MIZZEN SAIL -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The lower sail set on the mizzen mast. In square riggers, also called the mizzen course, or, more commonly, the cross-jack. (pron. ''cro'jack'') | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MOLDED DEPTH - ''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The vertical measurement from the deck to the top of the keel. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MONKEY-BLOCK -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | A small single block strapped with a swivel. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MONOHULL''' - | ||
+ | |||
+ | A boat with one hull. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MOON-SAIL -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | A small sail sometimes carried in light winds, above a skysail. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MOOR -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | To secure by two anchors. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''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. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MORTICE -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | A ''morticed block ''is one made out of a whole block of wood with a hole cut in it for the sheave. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MOULDS -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The patterns by which the frames of a vessel are worked out. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MOUSE -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | To put turns of rope yard or spun yarn round the end of a hook and its standing part, when it is hooked to anything, so as to prevent its' slipping out. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MOUSING -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | A knot or puddening , made of yarns, and placed on the outside of a rope. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MUFFLE -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Oars are muffled by putting mats or canvas round their looms in the oar-locks. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''MUNIONS -''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The pieces that separate the lights in a galley. | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ''Corrections, Additions & Clarifications - MMNETSEA'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | <center>[[Language_of_the_Sea|'''A''']] | [[Language_of_the_Sea_1|'''B''']] | [[Language_of_the_Sea_2|'''C''']] | [[Language_of_the_Sea_3|'''D''']] | [[Language_of_the_Sea_4|'''E''']] | [[Language_of_the_Sea_5|'''F''']] | [[Language_of_the_Sea_6|'''G''']] | [[Language_of_the_Sea_7|'''H''']] | [[Language_of_the_Sea_8|'''I-J''']] | [[Language_of_the_Sea_9|'''K''']] | [[Language_of_the_Sea_10|'''L''']] | [[Language_of_the_Sea_11|'''M''']] | [[Language_of_the_Sea_12|'''N-O''']] | [[Language_of_the_Sea_13|'''P''']] | [[Language_of_the_Sea_14|'''Q-R''']] | [[Language_of_the_Sea_15|'''S''']] | [[Language_of_the_Sea_16|'''T''']] | [[Language_of_the_Sea_17|'''U-V-W''']] | [[Language_of_the_Sea_18|'''X-Y-Z''']]</center> | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Category:Language]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | . |
Latest revision as of 00:57, 8 June 2011
Language of the Sea
MADE -
A made mast or block is one composed of different pieces. A ship's lower mast is a made spar, her topmast is a whole spar.
MAINMAST -
Second mast in vessels with two or more masts, excepts yawls and ketches.
MAINSAIL -
The lower sail set on the mast. In square riggers, also called the main course.
MANGER -
A coaming just within the hawse-hole.
MAN-ROPES -
Ropes used in going up and down a vessel's sides.
MARINER -
Person employed in the commercial shipping trade and works on a ship.
MARL -
To wind or twist a small line or rope round another.
MARLINE -
Small two-stranded material, used for marling.
MARLING-HITCH -
A kind of hitch used in marling.
MARLINGSPIKE -
An iron pin, sharpened at one end, and having a hole in the other for a lanyard. Used both as a fid and a heaver.
MARRY -
To join ropes together by a worming over both.
MARRY THE GUNNER'S DAUGHTER -
Old nickname for a flogging. Victim was spread across a ship's gun.
MARTINGALE -
A short perpendicular spar, under the bowsprit end, used for guying down the head-stays.
MASTER -
Merchant Navy oficer in command of a ship.
MAT -
Made of strands of old rope, to prevent chafing.
MATE -
An officer under the master.
MAST -
A spar set upright to support rigging and sails.
MESH -
The places between the lines of the netting.
MESS -
Any number of men who eat together.
MESSENGER -
A rope used for heaving in a cable by the capstan.
MIDDLE GROUND -
Shoal area between two navigable channels.
MIDSHIPS -
The timber at the broadest part of a vessel.
MISS-STAYS -
To fail going about from one tack to another.
MIZZEN-MAST -
The aftermost mast of a ship. The spanker is sometimes called the mizzen.
MIZZEN SAIL -
The lower sail set on the mizzen mast. In square riggers, also called the mizzen course, or, more commonly, the cross-jack. (pron. cro'jack)
MOLDED DEPTH -
The vertical measurement from the deck to the top of the keel.
MONKEY-BLOCK -
A small single block strapped with a swivel.
MONOHULL -
A boat with one hull.
MOON-SAIL -
A small sail sometimes carried in light winds, above a skysail.
MOOR -
To secure by two anchors.
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.
MORTICE -
A morticed block is one made out of a whole block of wood with a hole cut in it for the sheave.
MOULDS -
The patterns by which the frames of a vessel are worked out.
MOUSE -
To put turns of rope yard or spun yarn round the end of a hook and its standing part, when it is hooked to anything, so as to prevent its' slipping out.
MOUSING -
A knot or puddening , made of yarns, and placed on the outside of a rope.
MUFFLE -
Oars are muffled by putting mats or canvas round their looms in the oar-locks.
MUNIONS -
The pieces that separate the lights in a galley.
Corrections, Additions & Clarifications - MMNETSEA
.