Bulwarks. The wood work round a vessel, above her deck, consisting of boards fastened to stanchions and timber-heads.
Bum-boats. Boats which lie alongside a vessel in port with provisions and fruit to sell.
Bumpkin. Pieces of timber projecting from the vessel, to board the fore tack to; and from each quarter, for the main brace-blocks.
Bunt. The middle of a sail.
Buntine. (Pronounced buntin.) Thin woollen stuff of which a ship's colors are made.
Buntlines. Ropes used for hauling up the body of a sail.
Buoy. A floating cask, or piece of wood, attached by a rope to an anchor, to show its position. Also, floated over a shoal, or other dangerous place as a beacon.
To stream a buoy, is to drop it into the water before letting go the anchor.
A buoy is said to watch, when it floats upon the surface of the water.
Burton. A tackle, rove in a particular manner.