EXPORTER. The person who sends the exports abroad.
EXPOSED ANCHORAGE. An open and dangerous place, by reason of the elements or the enemy.
EXTERIOR SIDE. The side of an imaginary polygon, upon which the plan of a fortification is constructed.
EXTERIOR SLOPE. In fortification, that slope of a work towards the country which is next outward beyond its superior slope.
EXTERNAL CONTACT. In a transit of Mercury or Venus over the sun's disc, this expression means the first touch of the planet's and sun's edges, before any part of the former is projected on the disc of the luminary.
EXTRAORDINARIES. Contingent expenses.
EXTREME BREADTH. The extent of the midships, or dead flat, with the thickness of the bottom plank included.
EXTREMITIES. The stem and stern posts of a ship.
EY. See [Eyght].
EYE. The circular loop of a shroud or stay where it goes over the mast.—To eye, to observe minutely.—Flemish eye, a phrase particularly applied to the eye of a stay, which is either formed at the making of the rope; or by dividing the yarns into two equal parts, knotting each pair separately, and pointing the whole over after parcelling. This eye stopped by the mouse forms the collar. It is not strong, soon rots, and seldom, if ever, used now where strength is of more importance than neatness.