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

EBE, or Jussant, the ebb-tide.

Il y à Ebe, the tide ebbs, or falls.

EBRANLEMENT, the cracking or straining of a ship, as she labours in a high sea.

ECALE, the touching, or anchoring, at any port, in the course of a voyage.

ECARLINGUE. See Carlingue.

ECART double, a scarf of two ends of timber laid over each other.

Ecart simple ou quarré, butt and butt; the joining of the butt-ends of two planks.

ECHAFAUD, a flake, or light stage, used in Newfoundland to dry cod-fish; also a stage hung over a ship’s side, to caulk or repair any breach.

ECHANDOLE. See Escandole.

ECHANTILLONS, the scantlings or dimensions of the different pieces of timber used in ship-building.