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

Ligne d’eau, a water-line.

Ligne d’eau du vaisseau chargé, the load-water line.

Vaisseau percé d’un coup de canon, à la Ligne de l’eau, or à fleur-d’eau, a ship which has received a shot between wind and water.

Ligne de fond, a sounding-line, or lead-line.

Ligne du fort, the extreme breadth of a ship.

LIGNES, small cords or lines, used on several occasions at sea.

Lignes d’amarrage, seisings, or lashings; also the cable-bends.

LINGUET, the pawl of a capstern.

LIOUBE, the scarf by which a jury-mast is attached to the stump of a mast that has been carried away.

LISSE, or Carreau, a name sometimes, but improperly, given to the wales in general: it is only applied with propriety to the upper ones, known by the name of rails, and to the wing-transom. See Ceintes.