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

FLAMMEROLES. See Feu saint Elme.

FLANC de vaisseau, the side of a ship.

Etre Flanc à Flanc, to lie alongside of, to be broadside-and-broadside.

FLASQUES, the cheeks or sides of a gun-carriage.

FLECHE de l’eperon. See Herpes and Lisses de poulaine.

FLETTE, a sort of punt, or flat-bottomed boat, used for the passage of a river, or carrying goods, &c.

A FLEUR d’eau, level with the surface of the water.

FLEURS, those parts of a ship which lie at the floor-heads, or the upper-ends of the floor-timbers.

FLIBOT, a small Dutch vessel, which usually carries about one hundred tons, and has a main-mast and fore-mast, without any top-mast.

FLIBUSTIERS, or Corsaires, freebooters or bucaneers.