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

Se DÉCHARGER, to lose water; expressed of the ship’s pump.

Décharger les voiles, to fill the sails. See Servir.

DÉCHEOIR. See Abattre.

DÉCHET. See Dérive.

DÉCHIRAGE, the act of breaking up an old ship, or of ripping off her planks.

DÉCHIRER, to rip up an old vessel.

DÉCHOUER, to get a ship afloat, or off from the ground, into deep water.

DÉCLINAISON, the variation of the compass, or of the magnetical needle.

Déclinaison d’un astre, the declination of a fixed star, &c.

DÉCOLEMENT, the forming of a tenon on a piece of timber.