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

GRAPPIN, a grappling or grapnel.

Grappin à main, ou Grappin d’abordage, a fire-grappling, or grappling of the yard-arm.

GRAPPINER, to warp a vessel towards a flake of ice, by grapplings and ropes.

GRAS de mer, discoloured water at the mouth of a river, &c.

GRASSE-bouline. See Bouline.

GRATTER un vaisseau, to scrape a ship; whence,

GRATOIR, a scraper.

GRAVE, a platform of flints, &c. whereon to dry fish in Newfoundland.

GRÉEMENT, a general name for the rigging, comprehending also the masts, yards, and the sails when they are bent.

GRÉER, to rig a ship, or fit her with rigging, blocks, yards, sails, &c.