To bear up, is to put the helm up and keep a vessel off from her course, and move her to leeward.
To bear away, is the same as to bear up; being applied to the vessel instead of to the tiller.
To bear-a-hand. To make haste.
Bearing. The direction of an object from the person looking. The bearings of a vessel, are the widest part of her below the plank-shear. That part of her hull which is on the water-line when she is at anchor and in her proper trim.
Beating. Going toward the direction of the wind, by alternate tacks.
Becalm. To intercept the wind. A vessel or highland to windward is said to becalm another. So one sail becalms another.
Becket. A piece of rope placed so as to confine a spar or another rope. A handle made of rope, in the form of a circle, (as the handle of a chest,) is called a becket.
Bees. Pieces of plank bolted to the outer end of the bowsprit, to reeve the foretopmast stays through.
Belay. To make a rope fast by turns round a pin or coil, without hitching or seizing it.
Bend. To make fast.