Crojick (or cross-jack). A square sail set upon the lower yard of the mizen mast.
Dungarees. Thin blue or khaki-coloured overalls made from cocoanut fibre.
Fairleads. Rings of wood or iron by means of which running rigging is led in any direction.
Fife-rails. Strong wooden shelves fitted with iron pins, to which ropes may be secured.
Fish-hooks. I.e., fingers.
Foot-ropes. Ropes on which men stand when working aloft.
Fo'c'sle. The cabin or cabins in which the men are berthed. It is usually an iron deck-house divided through the middle into two compartments for the two watches, and fitted with wooden bunks. Sometimes it is even fitted with lockers and an iron water-tank.
Foxes. Strands, yarns, or arrangements of yarns of rope.
Freeing-ports. Iron doors in the ship's side which open outwards to free the decks of water.
Frap. To wrap round with rope.