An Universal Dictionary of the Marine / Or, a Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Furniture, Machinery, Movements, and Military Operations of a Ship. Illustrated With Variety of Original Designs of Shipping, in Different Situations; Together With Separate Views of Their Masts, Sails, Yards, and Rigging. to Which Is Annexed, a Translation of the French Sea-terms and Phrases, Collected from the Works of Mess. Du Hamel, Aubin, Saverien, &c.

by William Falconer

ACCORER, to prop or sustain any weighty body, as a ship on the ground.

ACCOSTE, come aboard, or come along-side; the order given to a small vessel or boat, to approach a ship.

ACCOSTER, or Accoter, to pull or thrust any thing near or close to some other, as the two blocks of a tackle, &c.

Accoster les huniers ou les perroquets, to haul home the top-sail sheets, or top-gallant sheets.

ACCOTAR, the gunnel-plank of a ship. See Plat-bord.

ACCOURSIE, a passage formed in a ship’s hold, by a separation of her stores, cargo, or provisions, when she is laden, to go fore and aft, as occasion requires.

ACCROCHER, the act of boarding and grappling an enemy’s ship.

ACCUL, the depth of a bay, or small road,

ACCULEMENT, the concavity and figure of those timbers which are placed upon the keel, towards the extremities of a ship.

ACROTERE, a cape, head-land, or promontory.