Wing. That part of the hold or between-decks which is next the side.
Wingers. Casks stowed in the wings of a vessel.
Wing-and-wing. The situation of a fore-and-aft vessel when she is going dead before the wind, with her foresail hauled over on one side and her mainsail on the other.
Withe, or Wythe. An iron instrument fitted on the end of a boom or mast, with a ring to it, through which another boom or mast is rigged out and secured.
Woold. To wind a piece of rope round a spar, or other thing.
Work up. To draw the yarns from old rigging and make them into spunyarn, foxes, sennit, &c. Also, a phrase for keeping a crew constantly at work upon needless matters, and in all weathers, and beyond their usual hours, for punishment.
Worm. (See page 44.) To fill up between the lays of a rope with small stuff wound round spirally. Stuff so wound round is called worming.
Wring. To bend or strain a mast by setting the rigging up too taut.
Wring-bolts. Bolts that secure the planks to the timbers.
Wring-staves. Strong pieces of plank used with the wring-bolts.