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

ECOUVILLON, the spunge of a cannon.

ECOUVILLONNER, to spunge the inside of a cannon; to clean or cool it with a wet spunge.

ECRITURES, the papers of a ship, comprehending journals, registers, passports, &c.

ECRIVAIN, the clerk of a ship of war; also the supercargo of a merchant-ship.

Ecrivain emploié aux constructions, the clerk of the cheque of a dock-yard.

Ecrivain de la corderie, the clerk of the rope-yard.

ECUBIERS, the hawse-holes; also the hawse-pieces, through which those holes are cut.

ECUEIL, a dangerous rock or shoal.

ECUELLE de cabestan, the iron socket or sawcer of the capstern.

ECUME, the froth or foam of a breaking sea.