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

RÉSINE, resin, used in paying a ship’s bottom or sides.

RESSAC, the shock or breaking of a wave upon the shore, and its retreat into the sea.

RESSIF, or Recif, a reef, or ridge of rocks under water.

RESTAUR, the restoration, or loss made good by an insurer.

RESTER, to bear upon any point of the compass; as, un vaisseau nous Reste au sud, a ship bears south of us, &c.

RETENUE, fastened, or hardened home in its place; expressed of a piece of timber in ship-building; as,

Piece de bois qui a sa Retenue, a piece of wood which is firmly wedged into its place, as by rabbiting, tenanting, &c.

Corde de Retenue, a tackle-fall. See also Cord de retenue & Attrape.

RETORSOIR, a spun-yarn winch. See Moulinet.

RETOUR de marée, the turn of the tide, or the beginning of the ebb.