BY THE STERN. When the ship draws more water abaft than forward. (See [By the Head].)
BY THE WIND. Is when a ship sails as nearly to the direction of the wind as possible. (See [Full and By].) In general terms, within six points; or the axis of the ship is 671⁄2 degrees from the direction of the wind.
BY-WASH. The outlet of water from a dam or discharge channel.
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CAAG. See [Kaag].
CABANE. A flat-bottomed passage-boat of the Loire.
CABBAGE. Those principally useful to the seaman are the esculent cabbage-tree (Areca oleracea), which attains to a great height in the W. Indies. The sheaths of the leaves are very close, and form the green top of the trunk a foot and a half in length; this is cut off, and its white heart eaten. Also, the Crambe maritima, sea-kail, or marine cabbage, growing in the west of England.
CABIN. A room or compartment partitioned off in a ship, where the officers and passengers reside. In a man-of-war, the principal cabin, in which the captain or admiral lives, is the upper after-part of the vessel.
CABIN-BOY. A boy whose duty is to attend and serve the officers and passengers in the cabin.