EASTERLINGS. Traders of the Baltic Sea. Also, natives of the Hanse Towns, or of the east country.
EASTERN AMPLITUDE. An arc of the horizon, intercepted between the point of the sun's rising and the east point of the magnetic compass.
EAST INDIA HOY. A sloop formerly expressly licensed for carrying stores to the E. I. Company's ships.
EASTING. The course made good, or gained, to the eastward.
EASTINTUS. From the Saxon, east-tyn, an easterly coast or country. Leg. Edward I.
EAST WIND. This, in the British seas, is generally attended with a hazy atmosphere, and is so ungenial as to countenance the couplet—
"When the wind is in the east,
'Tis good for neither man nor beast."
EASY. Lower gently. A ship not labouring in a sea.—Taking it easy. Neglecting the duty. "Not so violent."
EASY DRAUGHT. The same as [light draught of water] (which see).
EASY ROLL. A vessel is said to "roll deep but easy" when she moves slowly, and not with quick jerks.