Sweeping- the act of dragging the bight or loose part of a rope along the surface of the ground, in a harbor or road, in order to drag up something lost.

Swift the cap stern bars -to confine the outward end of the bars one to another, with a rope.

Swinging- the act of a ship's turning round her anchor at the change of wind or tide.

To tack- to turn a ship about from one tack to another, by bringing her head to the wind.

Taking-in- the act of furling the sails. Used in opposition to SETTING.

Taken a-back- see a-back.

Tarpaulin- a cloth of canvass covered with tar and saw-dust, or some other composition, so as to make it water-proof.

Taut- improperly, though very generally, used for TIGHT.

Taunt- high or tall. Particularly applied to masts of extraordinary length.

Tell-tale- an instrument which traverses upon an index in the front of the poop deck, to show the position of the tiller.

Tending- the turning, or swinging, of a ship round her anchor in a tide-way at the beginning of ebb and flood.

Thwart- see A-TWART SHIPS.

Thwart-ships -see A-TWART SHIPS.

Thus -an order to the helmsmen; to keep the ship in her present situation, when sailing with a scant wind. Tide-way- that part of a river in which the tide ebbs and flows strongly.

Tier- a row; as cable-tier, a tier of guns, casks, or a tier of ships.

Tide-gate -a place where the tide runs strong.

Tide it up -to go with the tide against the wind.

Timbers- what the frame is composed of.

Tiller -a large piece of wood, or beam, put into the head of the rudder, and by means of which the rudder is moved.

Tompion, or Tomkin- the bung, or piece of wood, by which the mouth of the canon, is filled to keep out wet.

Topping -pulling one of the ends of a yard higher than the other.

To tow- to draw a ship in the water by a rope fixed to a boat or other ship which is rowing or sailing on.

Tow-line-a small line cable laid.

Transom- a large piece of timber fastened to the stern-posts, to the ends of which the afterpart of the bends are fastened.

Traverse- to go backwards and forwards.

Traveller- a ring on the jib boom, or grumet on the backstays, to conduct the top-gallant yards up and down.

Trey-sail- a small sail used by brigs and cutters in blowing weather.

Trice, trice up - to haul up and fasten.

Trim- the state or disposition by which a ship is best calculated for the purposes of navigation.

To trim the hold -to arrange the cargo regularly.

To trim the sails- to dispose the sails in the best arrangement for the course which a ship is steering.

To trip the anchor- to loosen the anchor from the ground, either by design or accident.

Trough of the sea -the hollow between two waves.

Truck of a gun-carriage -the wheel upon which it runs.

Truck- a round piece of wood put on the top of flag staffs, with sheaves on each side for the halyards of the flags to reeve in.

Trunnions of a gun -the arms, or pieces of iron, by which it hangs on the carriage.

Trunnels- pieces of timber to fasten the plank to the timbers.

Truss -a rope used to keep a yard close to the mast.

Trying- the situation in which a ship, in a tempest, lies-to in the trough or hollow of the sea, particularly when the wind blows contrary to her course.

Turning to windward- that operation in sailing whereby a ship endeavors to advance against the wind.

Van- the foremost division of a fleet in one line. It is likewise applied to the foremost ship of a division.

Vane- a small kind of flag worn at each mast head.

To veer- to change a ship's course from one tack to the other, by turning her stem to windward.

Veer- let out; as veer away the cable.

Veer-shift- the wind veers, that is, it shifts or changes.

Viol, or Voyal- a block through which the messenger passes in weighing, the anchor. A large messenger is called a viol.

To unballast- to discharge the ballast out of a ship.

To unbend- to take the sails off from their yards and stays. To cast loose the anchor from the cable. To untie two ropes.

To unbit -to remove the turns of the cable from off the bitt.

Under-foot- an anchor that is directly under the ship.

Under-sail- when a ship is loosened from moorings, and is under the government of her sails and rudder.

Under way-the same as UNDER SAIL.

Under the lee of the shore - to be close under the shore which lies to windward of the ship.

Unfurl- cast loose the gasket of the sails.

To unmoor -to reduce a ship to the state of riding at single anchor after she has been moored.

To unreeve- to draw rope from out of a block, thimble.

To unrig- to deprive a ship of her rigging.

Wake -the path or track impressed on the water by the ship's passing through it, leaving a smoothness in the sea behind it. A ship is said to come into the wake of another when she follows her in the same track, and is chiefly done in bringing ships to, or in forming the line of battle.

Wales - strong timbers that go round a ship a little above her water-line.

Ware- see TO VEER.

Warp -to warp a ship, is to draw her against the wind. by means of anchors and hawsers carried out.

Warp- a hawser, or small cable.

Water-line -the line made by the water's edge when a ship has her full proportion of stores on board.

Water-borne- the state of a ship when there is barely a sufficient depth of water to float her off from the ground.

Water-logged- the state of a ship become heavy and inactive on the sea, from the great quantity of water leaked into her.

Water-tight-t he state of a ship when not leaky.

Weather -to weather any thing, is to go to windward of it.

Weather-beaten -shattered by a storm.

Weather-bit –a turn of the cable about the end of the windlass.

Weather-gage -when a ship or fleet is to windward of another, she is said to have the WEATHER-GAGE of her.

Weather-quarter -that quarter of a ship which is on the windward

Weather-side -the side upon which the wind blows.

To weigh anchor- to heave up an anchor from the bottom.

Whipping- to bind twine round the ends of ropes, to hinder there from fagging out.

To wind a ship- to change her position, bringing her head where her stern was.

Wind-rode -when a ship is at anchor, and the wind, being against the tide, is so strong as to overcome its power, and keep the ship to leeward of her anchor, she is said to be WIND-RODE.

Wind's eye -the point from which the wind blows.

To windward -towards that part of the horizon from which the wind blows.

Windward tide- a tide that sets to windward.

To work a ship -to direct the movements of a ship, by adapting the sails, and managing the rudder, according to the course the ship lies to make.

To work to windward -to make a progress against the direction of the wind.

Would- to would, is to bind round with ropes; as, the mast is woulded.

Weigh- to haul up; as, weigh the anchor.

Yawing- the motion of a ship when she deviates from to the right or left.

Yards- the timbers upon which the sails are spread.

Yarn- see ROPE YARN.

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