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

BRISES, the land-winds which blow during the night in the West Indies, &c.

BROCHETER, to give the scantlings of the several members or pieces of a ship’s frame.

BROU, the bark of the cocoa, of which the Indians form the cordage used in their shipping,

BRUINE, small drizzling rain.

BRULOT, a fire ship.

BRUME, a mist or fog at sea.

Tems Embrumé, or couvert de brouillard, thick misty weather.

BUCENTAURE, a sort of galley used by the state of Venice, when the doge performs the annual ceremony of espousing the sea.

BUCHE, a herring-buss, or small fly-boat used in the herring-fishery.

BULLETIN, a certificate given to sea-officers and sailors, when they are registered in a port, to testify their qualities, age, privileges, and time of service.