OTSEGO BASS. Coregonus otsego, a fish of the American lakes.
OTTER-PIKE. The lesser weever, Trachinus draco; also called sea-stranger.
OTTOMITES. An old term for Turks. See Shakspeare in Othello.
OUNDING. Resembling or imitating waves; used by Chaucer and others.
OUSTER LE MER. The legal term for excuse, when a man did not appear in court on summons, for that he was then beyond the seas.
OUT-AND-OUTER. An old phrase signifying thorough excellence; a man up to his duty, and able to perform it in style.
OUT-BOARD. The outside of the ship: the reverse of in-board.
OUT-BOATS. The order to hoist out the boats.
OUT-EARING CLEAT. This is placed on the upper side of the gaff, to pass the outer earing round from the cringle.
OUTER-JIB. In sloops, where the head-sails are termed foresail-jib and outer-jib, if set from the foremast-head. It is now very common for ships to set two standing jibs, the stay and tack of the inner one being secured at the middle of the jib-boom.