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

ANORDIE, a northerly storm peculiar to the gulph of Mexico, and the adjacent coasts, at certain seasons of the year, called by the English Creoles, a North.

ANSE, a bight or small bay.

ANSPECT, a handspike or lever.

ANTENNE, a lateen sail-yard. See Vergue.

ANTOIT, a crooked instrument of iron, used to bind the side-planks round the timbers in ship-building. English artificers perform this operation by wraining-bolts and staffs.

A PIC, a-peek, perpendicularly above the anchor, with a tight cable.

APIQUER une vergue, to top a sail-yard, or peek it up.

APLESTER, or Aplestrer, to unfurl and set the sails, ready for putting to sea.

APOSTIS, the row-locks of a galley.

APOTRES, the hawse-pieces of a ship.