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

MACHINE à mater, the sheers of a sheer-hulk, or other machine for masting a ship.

MACLES, nettings of the quarters or sides of a ship.

MAESTRALISER, a name given to the west-variation of the magnetical needle, in the Mediterranean.

MAGASIN général, a store-house, or magazine, to contain naval stores in a dock-yard.

MAGASIN particulier, a store-house which contains the rigging and cordage used for the king’s ships, magazines, &c.

MAGASINS, the store-ships which attend on a fleet of men of war.

MAHONNE, a sort of Turkish galeasse.

MAILLE, the keys or buttons by which a bonnet is fastened to its sail.

MAILLES, the intervals, or spaces, left between a ship’s timbers.

MAILLET de calfas, a calking mallet.