WELL FARE YE, MY LADS! An exclamation of approbation to the men at a hard heave or haul.
WELL FOUND. Fully equipped.
WELL-GROWN. A term implying that the grain of the wood follows the shape required, as in knee-timber and the like.
WELL OFF, To. A mode of shutting off a leak by surrounding it by timbers screwed home through the lining to the timbers, and carrying up this trunk, like a log-hut, above the water-line.
WELL-ROOM of a Boat. The place in the bottom where the water lies, between the ceiling and the platform of the stern-sheets, from whence it is baled into the sea.
WELL THERE, BELAY! Synonymous with that will do.
WELSHMAN'S BREECHES. See [Dutchman's Breeches].
WEND A COURSE, To. To sail steadily on a given direction.
WENDING. Bringing the ship's head to an opposite course. Turning as a ship does to the tide.
WENTLE. An old term signifying to roll over.