MAL-sain, foul ground, bad anchor-ground.
MANCHE, a great channel; as, la Manche Britannique, the English channel; la Manche de Bristol, the channel of Bristol, &c.
Manche à eau, ou Manche pour l’eau, a canvass or leathern hoase, to convey water from the deck, into the casks which are stowed in the hold.
Manche de pompe, the pump-hoase.
MANEAGE, a name given to those employments, or labours, for which the crew of a ship can demand no additional pay of the merchant; such are the lading a ship with planks, timber, or green, or dried fish.
MANEGE du navire, the general trim of a ship, with regard to the situation of the masts, of the center of gravity, of the sails; and to the efforts of the wind and sea.
La lune à Mangé, la lune Mangera, the moon has eat them up, or will eat them up; understood of the clouds: a cant phrase, usual amongst common sailors, to express the dissipation of the clouds on the rising of the moon.
Etre Mangé par la mer, to be in the hollow or trough of a high sea, which often breaks aboard.
MANGER du sable, to flog the glass, or cheat the glass; expressed of the steersman, who turns the watch-glasses before they have run out, to shorten the period of his watch.
Tems MANIABLE, moderate weather, and wind favourable for sea.