BETHEL. See [Floating Bethel].
BETTY MARTIN. See [Martin].
BETWEEN DECKS. The space contained between any two whole decks of a ship.
BETWIXT WIND AND WATER. About the line of load immersion of the ship's hull; or that part of the vessel which is at the surface of the water.
BEVEL. An instrument by which bevelling angles are taken. Also a sloped surface.
BEVELLING. Any alteration from a square in hewing timber, as taken by the bevel, bevelling rule, or bevelling boards.—A standing bevelling is that made without, or outside a square; an under-bevelling within; and the angle is optionally acute or obtuse. In ship-building, it is the art of hewing a timber with a proper and regular curve, according to a mould which is laid on one side of its surface.
BEVELLING-BOARD. A piece of board on which the bevellings or angles of the timbers are described.
BEVERAGE. A West India drink, made of sugar-cane juice and water.
BEWPAR. The old name for buntin, still used in navy office documents.
BEWTER. A northern name for the black-wak, or bittern.