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NOTES AND MEANIN GS.<br />
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2 Booms, beam. to wkich certain<br />
sa il. are fas te ned.<br />
Studding-salls, small sails used<br />
in a light wind.<br />
3 Forecastle, th e front part of th e<br />
deck, usually raised,<br />
Yards, spars wh ich <strong>cr</strong>oss th e<br />
mas ts of a shi p.<br />
4 Relentless, merciless ; pi tiless .<br />
5 Privateer, an arm ed ship belong.<br />
in g to a private person or persons,<br />
having authority from<br />
government to attack and plunder<br />
an enemy's ships.<br />
23. A THREE DAYS' CHASE.-L<br />
6 Invulnerablllty, state of being<br />
secure from injury.<br />
Voracious. gluttonous; greedy in<br />
eat ing.<br />
j Starboard, th e righ t-hand side ;<br />
steer-boa rd .<br />
Yaw , sudden change of course.<br />
Intrepid, fearless.<br />
9 Maintop-gallant sheet, th e rope<br />
su pporting th e top-gallant sail<br />
(th e third sail above the deck)<br />
on the mainmast .<br />
Stern-chaser, a gun fired over<br />
th e ste rn.<br />
24. A THREE DAYS' CHASE.-IL<br />
I JIb-boom, th e boom or beam for<br />
th e jib, th e sail furthest in front.<br />
Tallrall, th e rail round the after<br />
part of th e deck or quarterdeck.<br />
2 Reeving, pas sing t hrough t he<br />
blocks or pu lleys .<br />
5 Weather quarter, th e weath er or<br />
wind side of th e quarter-deck,<br />
th e after part of th e deck.<br />
6 Bear up, to run before th e wind;<br />
to put the helm up, or to the<br />
wind side, turning the ship to<br />
leeward.<br />
Heave to, tum the ship's side to<br />
t he wind so as to drift slowly .<br />
I Unknelled, having no fun era l<br />
bell tolled for him.<br />
8 Armaments, weapons of war ;<br />
ships of war .<br />
Leviathan, ship of very large<br />
size; a vel")" large sea -animal,<br />
215. THE OCEAN.<br />
mentioned in th e Book of J ob.<br />
3 Arbiter, judge ; one chosen to<br />
decid e between two parties.<br />
5 Glasses, reflects, lik e a lookingglass.<br />
Fathomless, bottomless,<br />
26. THE KRAKATOA ERUPTIOn.<br />
2 Sc1entl1tc observations, notes and<br />
observations made for t he benefit<br />
of science.<br />
3 DIameter, d istance th rough th e<br />
centre ; breadth.<br />
6 Sextant, an inst ru ment for meaauring<br />
angles, consisting of the<br />
sixth part of a circle, mounted<br />
on a fram e, and marked with<br />
degrees, minutes, etc.<br />
6 Mercury, a white liquid metal ;<br />
quicksilver.<br />
9 SUbterranean, underground.<br />
10 EnguUe
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