[APPENDICES.]
[GLOSSARY OF NAUTICAL TERMS.]
Abeam: Said of an object that is in a line at right angles from the centre of a vessel's side.
About: The act of a vessel going from one tack to the other, when working to windward.
Abreast: Beam and beam; abeam. Two ships are said to be abreast when alongside of each other.
A-lee: The situation of the tiller or helm when it is put down or to leeward, when going about, or luffing.
All in the wind: When a vessel's sails are shaking from sailing too near the wind.
A-weather: The opposite of a-lee. The helm is a-weather when "put up" in the direction of the wind to bear away for "gybing," "wearing," or merely to alter course and keep a point or so more off the wind.
To back a sail: To bring the sail round so that the wind comes on its other side.