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

RECOUX. See Reprise.

RECUL du canon, the recoil of a cannon.

REFAIT, squared, or prepared for use; expressed of a piece of timber hewn to its proper form and size.

REFLUX de la mer, the ebb-tide. See Flux.

REFOULER, to stem the tide, or to sail against it.

La mer REFOULE, the tide ebbs; the water falls.

REFOULOIR, the rammer of a great gun, called also Fouloir.

Refouloir de cordes, a rope rammer.

Se REFRANCHIR, to be freed by the pumps, or to have the quantity of water in a ship’s hold diminished by pumping.

REFREIN, the repetition of the dashing and breaking against rocks, &c. expressed of the waves upon a sea-shore.