TURNING-ROOM. Space in a narrow channel for a ship to work in.
TURN IN THE HAWSE. Two crosses in a cable.
TURN OF THE TIDE. The change from ebb to flood, or the contrary.
TURN OUT THE GUARD! The order for the marines of the guard to fall in, on the quarter-deck, in order to receive a superior officer on board.
TURN OVER MEN, To. To discharge them out of one ship into another.
TURN THE GLASS. The order in throwing the log when the stray line is payed out.
TURN THE HANDS UP, To. To summon the entire crew on deck.
TURN TO WINDWARD, To. To gain on the wind by alternate tacking. It is when a ship endeavours to make progress against the wind by a compound course inclined to the place of her destination; otherwise called plying or beating to windward.
TURNPIKE-SAILORS. Rascals who go about dressed as sailors pretending that they have been shipwrecked, and soliciting charity.
TURPIS CAUSA. An unsustainable suit for wages, on the part of a British pilot, for navigating a foreign ship to an enemy's port.