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

Aller à grasse bouline, to sail with the wind upon the beam, or large.

Aller à la derive, to try under bare poles, or to try a hull. See Dérive.

Aller au plus près du vent, to sail as near the wind as possible.

Aller de bout au vent, to go head to wind, to sail right in the wind’s eye.

Aller en course, to cruise against, or in search of, an enemy.

Aller entre deux écoutes, to sail right afore the wind, or with both sheets aft.

Aller vent largue, to sail large, or with a large wind.

Aller terre à terre, to coast, or sail along shore.

ALLONGE, a futtock, or top-timber. See Couple and Varangue.

ALMADIE, a small African canoe, formed of the bark of a tree.