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siw\ aird, Topsail tack.<br />
18 Sgo.i an t-sia ; l mhullaich, sgod an t-siuil<br />
a r rd. Top sail sheet.<br />
Ball stadha, cuv ( a rope to steady any<br />
suspended weight.)<br />
NAMES OF FITTINGS (acfhninnean) OF BOAT.<br />
ste illustrat ons.<br />
1 Cnag-grabaidh, dealg-bhacaidh, putan,<br />
Sny or toggle (,a short bar of wood tapering<br />
from the middle to each end,<br />
placed in an eye at the end of a rope, to<br />
keep the end from passing through, a<br />
loop or knot, especially in a flag.)<br />
2 Dealg cheangail, dealg snaime, Belaying<br />
pin.<br />
Geadha, Boat-hook.<br />
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6 (?) Spor Thumb-cleat or spurs.<br />
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7 V<br />
( Wooden-)<br />
Greimiche, 4 Metalcavil<br />
or cleat.<br />
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Greimiche, Cleat.<br />
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11 Cromag sgoid, dubhan na sgoid, Sheet<br />
clip.<br />
12 Post ceangail, Bollard.<br />
13 Cromag, Clip.<br />
14) Cromag chumail, /Clip-hook, sail-hook.<br />
15 J><br />
Bacan duinidh, \Cliphook.<br />
16 Slachdan bata, Davits.<br />
17 Dionadair, Pudding fend-off.<br />
18 chas-saibh, Sawdust fend -off .<br />
19 leathrach, Leather<br />
20 ,, rdpa, Rope fend-off.<br />
*1]<br />
? Fairleads.<br />
23 ? Paddle boat-hook.<br />
24 Rac, Traveller.<br />
26 ? Springhank.<br />
26 larna, Hank.<br />
27 ? Haw e-pipe.<br />
28 Udalan, udlan; carrachan Lewit, Swivel.<br />
29 Bior iaruinn, Marline-spike.<br />
80 Biordainge, Pricker.<br />
81 As 28 Swivel.<br />
82 Ailbheag, failbhe, Ring-bolt.<br />
S3 ? Eye-bolt.<br />
84 (P)Sgrobha sinidh. Wire stretcher or<br />
sett-screw.<br />
85 ? Thimble.<br />
86 (P)Geimhle, Shackle.<br />
37 ? Stretcher guides.<br />
38 Sineadair, Stretcher.<br />
89 Bac, Thole, ( oar-cleats.)<br />
Bacabhraghad, the fore cleats.<br />
Baca meadhon, the middle cleats.<br />
Baca h-amar, the quarter cleats.<br />
89a Apran, bac, Sheath on yunwale to<br />
prevent wearing by the oars.<br />
89b Putagan, bac, bacal, urcag, uracagan.<br />
Cnagan, (cnag thoisich & cnag dheiridh)<br />
Lewis.<br />
40 Buthal raimh,<br />
Thole-pins.<br />
Rowlock.<br />
NAMES OF OTHER PARTS REQUIRING NO DIA<br />
GRAM TO EXPLAIN THEM.<br />
Acfhuinn (an), The sails.<br />
Acfhuinnean (na h-), The fittings.<br />
Achlaisean, gluinean, Beam knees, used to<br />
fix the thwarts to the side or planks of<br />
the boat, as the 'cinn-tobhta" fix them<br />
to the gunwale. The "achlasau" lies hori<br />
rontally in the angle which the thw art<br />
makes with the side.but the "ceann-tobhta"<br />
is upright.<br />
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bata<br />
Aodach, Sails.<br />
Aoir, Sheet, bolt-rope of a sail.<br />
ard-chrann, see crann ard.<br />
Bac, Space between the rowlocks or fchol*<br />
pins, Sky*.<br />
Ball Rope.<br />
Ball cluaise, Rope by which the tack is fa*<br />
tened.<br />
Ball langais Towing rope.<br />
Bann, Boom.<br />
Bior snaois.U Top of stem, (alto ceana<br />
saidhe.)<br />
Bldh, Caulking.<br />
Boitig, Carriage. Z*tw.<br />
Bord, Plank.<br />
Bratach, Flag.<br />
Brog a' chroinn, Mast step, (square hole in<br />
which the lower end of mast rests.<br />
Broilleach<br />
broilleach"<br />
bata, The bows<br />
(her bows) is<br />
or stem. "A<br />
said when look<br />
iup, in front from the outside, but "<br />
braigh" is used when looking inside from<br />
"tobhta braghad" to the bow.<br />
Calcadh, bidh, Caulking.<br />
Calpannan, see tairngnean calpa, Lewit.<br />
Camus, (an,) Stern seat.<br />
Ceann a' chnac, Thwart brace, L. Broom.<br />
Ceann a' chraidb., Thwart brace, GairloeJL<br />
Lewit, dec.<br />
Ceann deiridh, Quarter-deck.<br />
Ceann tobhta, Thwart brace.<br />
Cearn, Ship's hold.<br />
Cheall, (a' ), Mast-step, Gairloch.<br />
Chrois, (a'), see glac.<br />
Cladain, Sheaths of wood or leather placed<br />
on oars to prevent their being worn by<br />
the thole-pins.<br />
Clir.-Plank.<br />
Cl>ag, Square stern.<br />
Cl'athaich, Bilge.<br />
Cl'ias, Tack, (foremost lower corner of any<br />
sail.<br />
Coilpean, Rope or tow.<br />
Craunag. Round top of mast.<br />
Crann arc]<br />
, Top-mast.<br />
Crann deiridh, Mizzen mast.<br />
2 Cross-tree*.<br />
Crann meadhon, crann mor,<br />
Crann mullaich, Topmast.<br />
Main mast.<br />
Crann sgoide, Boom.<br />
Croinn-grith, Mast rigging.<br />
Cretan, Lewis, see cladain.<br />
Cuairt bheoil, Top stroke.<br />
Cudthrou] socrachaidh, Ballast.<br />
Cupuill, or cuplaichean, (na), Shrouds.<br />
u<br />
D^ile, lank.<br />
Deireadh, Stern.<br />
Deireadhcuaich, Round stern.<br />
Doirneag, an, the oar-handle.<br />
D6rn chur, Oar-handle, Lewit.<br />
Eadar-bhacain, Space between the rowlocks<br />
Faradh, Shrouds.<br />
Fa.sag, Plug-hole.<br />
Fiodhannan, Timbers in general.<br />
Fuaigh-shlat, Stock of a ship while building.<br />
Glac, Fork. An upright piece of timber<br />
near the stern in fishing boats, ust>d for<br />
resting the upper part of the<br />
when not up.<br />
mast on<br />
Glas a* chroiun, Mast-lock.<br />
Gluineau, B^ani knees, (.see achlaisean.)<br />
Greimiche, Anchor, nrov.<br />
Gualainn,- Shoui'ler, (curved part of the hull<br />
extending from the for -most stays, or<br />
foremost th >!?
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