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- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Outboard (hist) [756 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Situated outside the hull of a vessel. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. Situated within a vessel but positioned away (or farther away...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Ordinary seaman (hist) [685 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A seaman in the British Royal Navy in the 18th century who had between one and two years of experience at sea. Later, a formal rank in the Royal Na...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Offshore (hist) [282 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Moving away from the shore. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. (of a wind) Blowing from the land to the sea. </span><br/> <span c...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Net cutter (hist) [633 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. (Fisheries patrol), also trawl wire cutter: A device employed by the Icelandic Coast Guard during the "Cod Wars" to cut the trawling wires of forei...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Moor (hist) [238 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. To attach a boat to a mooring buoy or post. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. To dock a ship. </span><br/> <span class="c7">...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Monitor (hist) [974 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A turreted ironclad warship of the second half of the 19th century characterized by low freeboard, shallow draft, poor seaworthiness, and heavy gun...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Mizzen (hist) [591 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A mizzen sail is a small sail (triangular or gaff) on a ketch or yawl set abaft the mizzenmast. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. A mi...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Midshipman (hist) [1,416 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. During the 17th century, a naval rating for an experienced seaman. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. From the 18th century, a naval co...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Mess (hist) [221 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also messdeck. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. An eating place aboard a ship. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. A group of...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Maritime (hist) [426 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Of or related to the sea (e.g., maritime activities, maritime law, maritime strategy). </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. Bordering on...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Marine (hist) [1,589 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A soldier trained for service afloat in a (primarily) infantry force that specializes in naval campaigns and subordinated to a navy or a separate n...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Mainmast (hist) [311 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also main. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. The tallest mast on a ship with more than one mast, especially the tallest mast on a full-ri...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Luffing (hist) [467 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. (of a sailing vessel) Being steered far enough to windward that the sail is no longer completely filled with wind; in such a state, the luff of a f...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Luff (hist) [255 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. The forward edge of a sail. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. The fullest or roundest part of a ship's bow. </span><br/> <span c...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Longboat (hist) [639 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. In the Age of Sail, a double-banked open boat carried by a sailing ship, rowed by eight or ten oarsmen, two per thwart, although designed also to b...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Lead (hist) [424 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. In former usage, to est...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Lazaret (hist) [540 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> Also lazarette or lazaretto. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 1. A small stowage locker at the aft end of a boat. </span><br/> <span...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Lay (hist) [640 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. To come and go, used in giving orders to the crew, e.g. "lay forward" or "lay aloft", respectively indicating that the crew should move to the forw...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Launch (hist) [817 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. The largest ship's boat carried by a warship – usually an open boat and, in more recent times, fitted with an engine. Historically, both were fit...")
- 22:34, 29 November 2023 Langrage (hist) [222 bytes] Danburfoot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<span class="c7"> 1. Another name for canister shot. </span><br/> <span class="c7"> 2. Solid shot suitable for damaging rigging. </span><br/> <span c...")