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

Etre de bout au vent. See Aller de bout au vent.

Etre flanc à flanc. See Prolonger.

Etre pratique de la mer, to be accustomed or inured to the sea.

ETRIER, the lower link of the chains of a shroud, which is bolted to the wales.

ETRIERS, strops formed of a piece of rope. See Estropes.

ETUVE, a stove in a dock-yard, fitted with furnaces and cauldrons, for tarring cordage, &c.

EVENT, the vent of a cannon, or difference between the diameter of the bore and the diameter of the shot.

EVENTER les voiles, to fill the sails.

EVITÉE, the channel of a river, or the breadth of a channel.

Evitée, a birth, or sufficient space to let a ship swing round at the length of her mooring.