A single Spanish burton has three single blocks, or two single blocks and a hook in the bight of one of the running parts.
A double Spanish burton has three double blocks. (See page 54.)
Butt. The end of a plank where it unites with the end of another.
Scuttle-butt. A cask with a hole cut in its bilge, and kept on deck to hold water for daily use.
Buttock. That part of the convexity of a vessel abaft, under the stern, contained between the counter above and the after part of the bilge below, and between the quarter on the side and the stern-post. (See Plate 3.)
By. By the head. Said of a vessel when her head is lower in the water than her stern. If her stern is lower, she is by the stern.
By the lee. (See Lee. See Run.)
Cabin. The after part of a vessel, in which the officers live.
Cable. A large, strong rope, made fast to the anchor, by which the vessel is secured. It is usually 120 fathoms in length.
Cable-tier. (See Tier.)