X.

XEBEC, OR ZEBEC. A small three-masted vessel of the Mediterranean, distinguished from all other European vessels by the great projection of her bow and overhanging of her stern. Being generally equipped as a corsair, the xebec was constructed with a narrow floor, for speed, and of great breadth, to enable her to carry a great press of sail. On the Barbary coast the xebec rig was deemed to vary from the felucca, which in hull is the same, by having the fore-mast square-rigged.

XERAFEEM. A Malabar coin of the value of 1_s._ 4_d._ sterling.

XEROONITZ. A Russian coin of two roubles, or 9_s._ sterling.

XERO-POTAMO. A term common on the coasts of Greece for fiumare, or torrents, which are dry at certain seasons.

XUGIA. The second bank of rowers in an ancient trireme.

XYLOSTROMA. Oak-leather, a peculiar fungus found within growing oaks.

Y.

YACHT. A vessel of state or pleasure: the former is usually employed to convey great personages. One of the designs of a yacht being accommodation, they are usually fitted up with great comfort; their propulsion is by sails or steam. Small yachts, rigged as sloops, were formerly used by the commissioners of the navy; they were originally royal yachts, and one at Chatham was renowned as the yacht of Queen Elizabeth, the same plate being in use in her up to a very late date. Private pleasure-boats, when sufficiently large for a sea voyage, are also termed yachts. (_See_ ROYAL YACHT.)

YACHT CLUB, ROYAL. An institution embodied by a number of noblemen and gentlemen about the year 1820, to which certain privileges are attached. It was originally established at Cowes, but several ports, as well as the Thames, have their special clubs, and similar privileges.

YAM. The tubers of the _Dioscorea sativa_, and others; a valuable vegetable on long voyages. _D. aculeata_ frequently produces tubers 3 feet long, and weighing 30 lbs. Also, the West India word for food; "Toko for yam," the negro's punishment--blows but no food.

YANKEE. An appellation often erroneously given to North Americans in general, whereas it is strictly applicable to those of the New England states only; it is not used complimentarily in the back settlements.

YARD. A measure of length, consisting of 3 feet.

YARD [Anglo-Saxon _gyrde_]. A long cylindrical timber suspended upon the mast of a vessel to spread a sail. They are termed square, lateen, or lug: the first are suspended across the masts at right angles, and the two latter obliquely. The square yards taper from the middle, which is called the slings, towards the extremities, which are termed the yard-arms; and the distance between is divided by the artificers into quarters, called the first, second, third quarters, and yard-arms. The middle quarters are formed into eight sides, and each of the end parts is figured like the frustum of a cone: on the alternate sides of the octagon, in large spars, oak battens are brought on and hooped, so as to strengthen, and yet not greatly increase, the weight.--_To brace the yards._ To traverse them about the masts, so as to form greater or lesser angles with the ship's length. (_See_ BRACE.)--_To square the yards._ (_See_ SQUARE.)

YARD-ARM. That part of a yard outside the quarter, which is on either side of the mast beyond the battens, when it lies athwart the ship. It generally means the extremity of the yard, and it is fitted with sheave-holes for reeving sheets through.

YARD-ARM AND YARD-ARM. The situation of two ships lying alongside one another, so near that their yard-arms nearly touch each other, or even cross. The term implies close action and no mistake.

YARD-ARM CLEATS. Wooden wedges fixed on the yards at those points where they support the lifts and braces, and where the head-earings are secured. The reef-cleats on the topsail-yards are beyond the lifts and braces.

YARD-ARM PIECE. An octagonal piece of timber supplied to replace a yard-arm if shot away. It is one-third the length of the main-yard.

YARD-ROPE. Is only used for temporary purposes; the most usual application of the term is that by which a yard is hoisted for crossing, or sent down. Also, rove for execution. The yard-rope of the lighter yards is the halliards, which, when the yard is crossed, is made into tie and halliards by a peculiar mode of toggling on the halliard purchase, as in the order, "Toggle the halliards!"

YARDS. _See_ DOCKYARDS.

YARDS APEEK. When they are topped, so as to resemble St. Andrew's cross; it is done as a token of mourning, or for convenience when vessels lie alongside of each other, as in the docks.

YARD-TACKLES. Tackles attached to the fore and main yards of a ship, whereby, with the assistance of the stay-tackles, the boats and other weights are hoisted in and out. Yard-tackles are sometimes hooked to a pendant, which is secured to the top-mast head, and hauled out to the yard-arm by means of a small tackle, until the yard-tackle plumbs the spot where it is wished to work.

YARE [Ang.-Sax. for dexterous or quick]. It was formerly a favourite nautical phrase, as "Be yare at the helm;" and is used by Shakspeare's boatswain in the _Tempest_.

YAREMLEK. A silver Turkish coin of 20 paras, or 9_d._ sterling.

YARMOUTH CAPON. A red herring; a bloater.

YARMOUTH HERRING-BOAT. A clincher-built vessel with lug-sails, similar to the drift or mackerel boats.

YARN. One of the threads of which ropes are composed. A number of these are twisted together to form a strand, in proportion to the size of the proposed rope. Three strands are then twisted into one another, which completes the process of ordinary rope-making; but cables, hawsers, and other ground tackling, are composed of three strands, each of which is formed of three lesser ones. (_See_ CABLE, HAWSER, &c.)--_A tough yarn._ A long story, or tale, hard to be believed.

YARN-SPINNING. A figurative expression for telling a story.

YATAGHAN. A crooked sabre used in the Levant. Also, the knife-swords of India.

YAUGH. An archaic term for a little bark, pinnace, or yacht.

YAW. The quick movement by which a ship deviates from the direct line of her course towards the right or left, from unsteady steering.

YAWL. A man-of-war's boat, resembling the pinnace, but rather smaller; it is carvel-built, and generally rowed with twelve oars. The yawl in the Customs Act is a carvel-built vessel of the cutter class, but having a jigger or mizen lug, the boom-mainsail being curtailed, so that its boom traverses clear of the mizen-mast: used also by yachts. Also, a small fishing-vessel.

YAW-SIGHTED. A nautical term for those who squint.

YAW-YAW. A nickname for the seamen of the shores of the Baltic.

YEAR. The duration of the earth's revolution round the sun, or of the apparent revolution of the sun in the ecliptic.

YELL. An old sea-term to express a rolling motion.

YELLOW ADMIRAL. A retired post-captain, who, not having served his time in that rank, is not entitled to his promotion to the active flag.

YELLOW-BELLY. A name given to a person born in the fens along our eastern shores: also occasionally to half-castes, &c.

YELLOW FEVER. A cant term for drunkenness at Greenwich Hospital; the sailors when punished wearing a parti-coloured coat, in which yellow predominates.

YELLOW-FLAG. The signal of quarantine.

YELLOWING. The passing over of captains at a flag promotion.

YELLOW-TAIL. A well-known tropical fish, often in company with whip-rays; it is about 4 feet long, with a great head, large eyes, and many fins. _Leiostomas_.

YEO-HEAVE-YEOING. The chant or noise made at the windlass and purchase-falls in a merchantman, to cheer and lighten labour, but not permitted in a man-of-war.

YEOMAN. An experienced hand placed in charge of a store-room, who should be able to keep the accounts of supply and expenditure.

YESTY [from the Anglo-Saxon _gist_]. A foaming breaking sea. Shakspeare in _Macbeth_ gives great power to this state of the waters:--

"Though the yesty waves Confound, and swallow navigation up."

YOKE. A transverse board or metal bar, a substitute for the tiller, which crosses the head of a boat's rudder, and having two lines extending from its opposite extremities to the stern-sheets of the boat, whereby she is steered.

YOKE-LINES. The ropes by which the boat's steerage is managed.

YOUNG. A word often used for uninitiated.--_Young gentlemen_, a general designation for midshipmen, whatever their age.

YOUNG FLOOD. _See_ FLOOD.

YOUNG ICE. Nearly the same as bay-ice, except that it is only applied to ice very recently formed, or of the present season.

YOUNGSTER, OR YOUNKER [an old term; from the Anglo-Saxon _junker_]. A volunteer of the first-class, and a general epithet for a stripling in the service.

YOUNG WIND. The commencement of the land or sea breeze.

YOU, SIR! The irritating mode in which some officers address the seamen. The late Lord Collingwood never permitted it.

YOW-YOW. A smaller kind of Chinese sampan.

Y'S OF AN INSTRUMENT. The Y-shaped bearings for the telescope axis, on the precision of which the value of an astronomical observation much depends: similar to the bearings of steam-engines, &c.

Z.

ZAFAR. A coil of Spanish rope.

ZAMBO. A term on the Spanish Main for a race produced by the union of the negro and the Indian; it literally means _bow-legged_.

ZEAL. A quality essentially requisite in forming the character of an efficient officer, since it comprehends ardour for the service, prompt obedience to orders, cheerful disposition, and a studious application to professional science.

ZECCHINO [from _zecca_, a mint]. A gold coin of Italy; average value, 9_s._ 6_d._

ZECHIN. A Turkish coin. (_See_ SEQUIN.)

ZENITH. The pole of the horizon, or that point in the heavens directly overhead, as nadir is that which is directly under our feet.

ZENITH-DISTANCE. The angular distance of any celestial object from the zenith at the time of observation. In navigation the meridional zenith-distance of a heavenly body is much used for finding the latitude.

ZEPHYR. The west wind, but generally considered to apply to any light pleasant breeze.

ZERO. The cypher or nought at the beginning of a graduated arc.

ZETETIC. The analytic method of investigating a mathematical problem.

ZIG-ZAG. The winding trench of approach of a besieger, directed by short turns alternately right and left of the defences of the place, to avoid being enfiladed by them. Called also a _boyau_.

ZIG-ZAG COURSE. Working to windward by very short tacks or angular turning boards.

ZODIAC. A broad zone or belt of the heavens, the middle of which is the ecliptic, extending 9 deg. on either side of it. It is divided into twelve signs, each measuring 30 deg. along the ecliptic.

ZODIACAL LIGHT. A pyramidal cone of light, apparently emanating from the rising and setting sun, commonly seen in the tropics; in higher latitudes most visible about the time of the equinoxes.

ZOLL, OR SAUL. An Indian timber, much used in the construction of country vessels.

ZONE. _See_ BELT.

ZONE OF DECLINATION. A belt of the heavens included between certain parallels of declination.

ZONES, IN GEOGRAPHY, are longitudinal belts into which the surface of the earth is divided, according to their various relation to the sun's apparent motion. They are--the _torrid_ or _equatorial zone_, bounded by the two _tropics_ (which see), to every part of which, at some time or other, the sun is vertical; the _frigid zones_, from the poles to the polar circles, to every part of which in succession, periodically, the sun is at mid-day below the horizon; and the _temperate zones_, intermediate between the two former, to all of which the sun rises every day in the year.

ZOOPHYTE. A term compounded of two Greek words, signifying animal-plant, vaguely applied to various low forms of animal organizations, as the sea-anemones and coral animals, which present a certain superficial resemblance to plants.

ZOPISSA. Tar or pitch scraped off the bottoms of old ships, and thought to be astringent and good for ulcers. Also, a highly preservative varnish in use by the ancients for ships' bottoms, sarcophagi, &c.

ZUHN. A species of Indian rush, from which an inferior kind of cordage and canvas is made.

ZUMBRA. A Spanish skiff or yawl.

GLASGOW: W. G. BLACKIE AND CO., PRINTERS, VILLAFIELD.

Transcriber's Notes and Amendments:

In keeping with the original publication, whether due to typographical limitations or for ease of reference, accented capital letters do not appear in the text.

Hyphenation has been standardised. Compound words heading a definition in the text have been taken to be the preferred form in most cases. Additionally, where one form of a compound word has been used in a clear majority of instances, the least common form has been amended. Hyphenation remains as printed when used for emphasis or humourous effect, within quotations, or when no clear preference exists.

Several invalid links between definitions existed in the original text. Such errors caused by confusion between singular and plural forms, or word order, have been corrected without note.

Significant amendments, unresolved invalid links and further notes have been listed below.

P. 14, ABOX, 'BRACE-ABOX' amended to _BRACE ABACK_.

P. 15, ACATER, 'Devil of an Ass' amended to _The Devil is an Ass_.

P. 16, ACKER, 'EAGOR' amended to _AIGRE_.

P. 23, AFFECTIONATE FRIENDS, 'Phil..more' amended to _Phillimore_.

P. 24, AFTER, 'mizzen' amended to _mizen_; AFTER-FACE, 'BACK OF THE STERN-POST' amended to _BACK OF THE POST_.

P. 29, ALBACORE, 'Scomberidae' amended to _Scombridae_.

P. 32, ALMURY, duplicate, out-of-sequence entry removed.

P. 35, AMAIN, 'STRIKING' amended to _STRIKE_; 'WAVE' amended to _WAVING_.

P. 37, AMPHOTEROPLON, 'HETOROPLON' amended to _HETEROPLON_.

P. 38, ANCHOR, 'grappling' amended to _grapling_.

P. 41, ANEMONE, 'SEA-ANEMONE' amended to _ANIMAL FLOWERS_; ANGLE, invalid links: '_curvilinear_' and '_rectilinear_'.

P. 42, ANGULAR CRAB, 'Gonophlex angulatus' amended to _Goneplax angulata_.

P. 45, ANTICHTHONES, originally 'ANTICTHONES'.

P. 46, APAGOGE, originally 'APAGOG'.

P. 52, ARM, 'tressel-trees' amended to _trestle-trees_.

P. 54, ARREST, 'her Majesty service' amended to _Her Majesty's service_.

P. 59, ATAGHAN, originally 'ATAGAN'; 'YATAGAN' amended to _YATAGHAN_.

P. 62, AUTOMATIC BLOW-OFF APPARATUS, originally 'AUTOMIC ...'; 'BLOWING-OFF' amended to _BLOW-OFF-PIPE_.

P. 64, AWNING, 'EUPHRAE' amended to _EUPHROE_.

P. 67, BACKSTAYS, 'salvigee' amended to _selvagee_.

P. 68, BAD-RELIEF, invalid link: 'ONE-BELL'.

P. 69, BAIDAR, 'KAIACK' amended to _KAYAK_.

P. 70, BALANCE, 'COMPENSATION' amended to _CHRONOMETER_.

P. 74, BANANA, 'Musa paradisaica' amended to _Musa paradisiaca_; BANG, 'amuk' amended to _amok_.

P. 76, BANK OF OARS, 'DOUBLE-BANK' amended to _DOUBLE-BANKED_.

P. 80, BAROMETER, 'foretel' amended to _foretell_.

P. 84, BASTARD-MACKEREL, 'Scomberidae' amended to _Scombridae_.

P. 85, BATTENING THE HATCHES, 'BATTENS' amended to _BATTENS OF THE HATCHES_.

P. 86, BATTERING GUNS, 'GARRISON ARTILLERY' amended to _GARRISON GUNS_.

P. 90, BEAR, 'rowsed' amended to _roused_.

P. 97, BERMUDA SAILS, ''MUGIAN' amended to _'MUDIAN_.

P. 98, BIBBS, 'tressel-trees' amended to _trestle-trees_.

P. 99, BILBO, 'Bilboa' amended to _Bilbao_.

P. 102, BIRD'S-FOOT SEA-STAR, 'Arteriadae' amended to _Asterinidae_; BIRD'S NEST, invalid link: 'EDIBLE BIRD'S NEST', see AGAL-AGAL.

P. 105, BLADDER-FISH, 'tetrodon' amended to _tetraodon_.

P. 110, BLUBBER, invalid link: 'SEA-BLUBBER', see JELLY-FISH.

P. 113, BOATSWAIN-BIRD, 'Phaeton [oe]thereus' amended to _Phaethon aethereus_.

P. 116, BOLSTERS, 'tressel-trees' amended to _trestle-trees_.

P. 118, BOOK, 'muslins, bastas' amended to _muslin, bast_.

P. 120, BORE, 'Hoogley' amended to _Hooghly_.

P. 123, BOUND, 'NEAP' amended to _NEAPED_.

P. 125, BOWSE, 'pullies' amended to _pulleys_.

P. 126, BOXING, invalid link: 'BOXING OF RUDDER'.

P. 127, BRAB, 'sinnot' amended to _sinnet_; BRACE ABACK, 'COUNTER-BRACING' amended to _COUNTER-BRACE_.

P. 130, BREADTH, 'TOP BREADTH' amended to _TOP-TIMBER BREADTH_; BREAKERS, 'BARECA' amended to _BAREKA_.

P. 136, BRISMAK, 'Brosmus vulgaris' amended to _Brosmius vulgaris_.

P. 137, BROCAGE, invalid link: '_brokerage_'; BROCLES, invalid link: 'STRAKE-NAILS'.

P. 141, BUILDING, 'rabetting' amended to _rabbeting_.

P. 142, BULK-HEADS, 'rabetted' amended to _rabbeted_.

P. 147, BURGOO, 'SKILLAGALEE' amended to _SKILLY_; BURNETTIZE, originally 'BURNETIZE'; BURTON, 'pullies' amended to _pulleys_.

P. 148, BUSY AS THE DEVIL IN A GALE OF WIND, 'Fidgetty' amended to _Fidgety_; BUTESCARLI, '_the_ EQUIPMENT OF' amended to _EQUIPMENT_.

P. 149, BYRTH, 'BIRTH or BERTH' amended to _BURDEN or BURTHEN_.

P. 151, CABLE, TO COIL A, 'CACKLING, KECKLING' amended to _KECKLING_; CABONS, 'KABURUS' amended to _KABURNS_.

P. 155, CAMP, 'LEAVING THE CAMP' amended to _DECAMP_.

P. 156, CANNON, 'pomelion' amended to _pommelion_.

P. 157, CANTEEN, 'suttling-house' amended to _sutling-house_.

P. 159, CAPE-HEN, 'MOLLY-MOK' amended to _MOLLY-MAWK_.

P. 160, CAP-SHORE, 'tressle-tree' amended to _trestle-tree_.

P. 161, CAPSTAN-BARS, 'hiccory' amended to _hickory_.

P. 162, CAPTAIN OF THE PORT, invalid link: 'PORT-CAPTAIN'.

P. 164, CARL, 'FEMBLE' amended to _FEMALE_.

P. 165, CARR, 'KARR' amended to _CAR_.

P. 169, CASTLE, 'AFTER-CASTLE' amended to _AFT-CASTLE_.

P. 170, CAST OF THE LEAD, 'HEAVE and SOUND' amended to _HEAVE THE LEAD and SOUNDING_; CASTOR AND POLLUX, 'COMPOSANT and CORPO SANTO' amended to _COMPASANT and CORPOSANT_.

P. 174, CENTINEL, 'SENTRY' amended to _SENTINEL_.

P. 175, CETINE, 'Heyschius' amended to _Hesychius_.

P. 177, CHALDRICK, 'Haemantopus ostralegus' amended to _Haematopus ostralegus_; CHAMBER, 'MURTHERER' amended to _MURDERER_.

P. 178, CHAMFER, originally 'CHAMPFER'.

P. 179, CHART, invalid link: '_globular charts_'.

P. 182, CHEEKS OF THE MAST, 'TRESTLE-TREE BIBS' amended to _BIBBS_.

P. 183, CHEST-ROPE, 'GUEST-ROPE' amended to _GUESS-WARP_; CHEWING OF OAKUM, 'SPACE' amended to _SEAM_.

P. 187, CIPHERING, 'SYPHERING' amended to _SYPHERED_; CIRCLES, 'LESS' amended to _LESSER_.

P. 188, CLAMS, 'DEEP-SEA CLAM' amended to _CLAM_.

P. 189, CLASP-HOOK, invalid link: 'SPAR-HOOK'; CLEAN DONE, invalid link: 'WEATHERED'.

P. 190, CLEAR THE PENDANT, invalid link: 'UP AND CLEAR THE PENDANT'.

P. 192, CLOSE-BUTT, 'rabbetted' amended to _rabbeted_; CLOSE PACK, 'PACK' amended to _PACK-ICE_.

P. 194, CLOY, 'NAIL and SPIKE' amended to _NAILING and SPIKING_; CLUBBOCK, 'Gunellus vulgaris' amended to _Gunnellus vulgaris_.

P. 195, CLUMP-BLOCKS, invalid link: 'TACK-AND-SHEET'.

P. 196, COAST-BLOCKADE, 'SEA FENCIBLES' amended to _FENCIBLES_.

P. 198, COCOA-NUT TREE, 'PALMA' amended to _PALMETTO_.

P. 199, COD-FISHER'S CREW, invalid link: 'FISHERIES'.

P. 202, COMBUSTION, invalid link: 'SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION'.

P. 204, COMMUNICATION, invalid link: 'LINE OF COMMUNICATION'.

P. 210, CONTACT, 'MEASUREMENT BY SEXTANT' amended to _SEXTANT_.

P. 212, COOP, invalid link: 'HEN-COOP'.

P. 213, CORACORA, 'KORACORA' amended to _KOROCORA_.

P. 215, COSTS AND DAMAGE, invalid link: 'EXPENSES'.

P. 222, CREPUSCULUM, invalid link: 'TWILIGHT'.

P. 225, CROW-FOOT, 'uvrow' amended to _uvrou_; CROWNING, 'WALL' amended to _WALL-KNOT_.

P. 227, CUDBERDUCE, 'Farn Isles' amended to _Farne Isles_; CUMULO-CIRRO-STRATUS, originally 'CUMULO-CIRRUS-STRATUS'.

P. 232, CYPHERING, 'SYPHERING' amended to _SYPHERED_.

P. 235, DEAD-EYE, 'uvrows' amended to _uvrous_.

P. 236, DEAD-RISING, invalid link: 'RISING-LINE'.

P. 239, DECKS, assuming the accuracy of the rest of the table, the final figures in the lbs. column, originally '3960' and '1980', have been corrected to _3920_ and _1960_; DECK-STOPPER, 'STOPPER' amended to _STOPPER OF THE CABLE_.

P. 246, DIAGONAL BRACES, 'TRUSSING' amended to _DIAGONAL TRUSSING_.

P. 248, DILLOSK, 'DULSE' amended to _DULCE_.

P. 252, DISTINGUISHING PENDANT, 'SIGNALLING' amended to _SIGNALS_.

P. 258, DORNICLE, 'vivaparous' amended to _viviparous_.

P. 262, DRAGOON, 'TROOPER' amended to _TROOP_.

P. 263, DREW, 'Fucus lorcus' amended to _Fucus loreus_; DRIFT-ICE, 'ICE' amended to OPEN ICE.

P. 265, DROPS, 'munions' amended to _munnions_; DRUMHEAD COURT-MARTIAL, 'PROVOST MARTIAL' amended to _PROVOST-MARSHAL_.

P. 273, EEKING, 'EIKING' amended to _EKEING_.

P. 274, EJECTAMENTA MARIS, 'JETSOM' amended to _JETSAM_.

P. 277, ENGINE, MARINE, 'STEAM-ENGINE' amended to _MARINE ENGINES_.

P. 280, ERRATIC WINDS, 'VARIABLE WINDS' amended to _VARIABLES_.

P. 284, EYELET-HOLES, 'robans' amended to _robands_; EYE OF THE WIND, invalid link: 'WIND'S-EYE'; EYE-SPLICE, 'SPLICED-EYE' amended to _SPLICE_; EYGHT, 'alluvian' amended to _alluvial_.

P. 287, FALLING OUT, 'flairing' amended to _flaring_.

P. 290, FAUSSEBRAYE, 'counter-gard' amended to _counterguard_.

P. 293, FIDDLE-BLOCK, 'LONG-TACKLE BLOCKS' amended to _LONG-TACKLES_.

P. 296, FINE, invalid link: 'FYEN'.

P. 298, FIRE-BUCKETS, 'sinnett' amended to _sinnet_.

P. 299, FIRST QUARTER OF THE MOON, 'QUARTER' amended to _QUARTER, FIRST_; FISHERMAN'S BEND, invalid link: 'STUDDING-SAIL BEND'.

P. 308, FLOW, 'tideology' amended to _tidology_.

P. 309, FLUE, 'FLUKE OF ANCHOR' amended to _FLUKES_.

P. 312, FOLLOWING, 'QUADRANT OF DOUBLE-STARS' amended to _QUADRANT_.

P. 316, FORERUNNERS, 'LOG' amended to _LOG-LINE_.

P. 318, FORMING THE ORDER OF SAILING, 'SAILING' amended to _SAILING, ORDER OF_.

P. 320, FOUL HAWSE, 'ELBOW AND HAWSE' amended to _ELBOW IN THE HAWSE_; FOX, invalid link: 'SPANISH FOX'.

P. 323, FRESH, 'WIND, FORCE OF' amended to _FORCE_; FRESHEN HAWSE, 'CACKLING' amended to _KECKLING_.

P. 324, FRESH WATER, 'ICE' amended to _ICEBERG_.

P. 325, FRIGATE, 'Physalis pelagica' amended to _Physalia pelagica_.

P. 326, F.R.S., 'siglae' amended to _sigla_.

P. 332, GALLEY-FOIST, 'FUSTE' amended to _FUST_.

P. 333, GALLIGASKINS, 'Sap to the Divell' amended to _Supplication to the Divell_.

P. 335, GARNET, 'CLUE GARNET-BLOCK' amended to _CLUE-GARNETS_.

P. 338, GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION, 'POSITION' amended to _POSITION, GEOGRAPHICAL_.

P. 340, GIRT, 'RIDING' amended to _RIDE_; GIVE A SPELL, 'SPELL-O!' amended to _SPELL_.

P. 343, GONDOLA, 'rostrique tridentibus' amended to _rostrisque tridentibus_.

P. 346, GRAIN UPSET, 'buccles' amended to _buckles_.

P. 347, GRAPPLE, 'Duillius' amended to _Duilius_; GRASS, 'FEED' amended to _FEED OF GRASS_; GRATINGS OF THE HEAD, invalid link: 'HEAD-GRATINGS'.

P. 348, GRAYLING, 'UMBER' amended to _OMBRE_; GREAT-LINE FISHING, invalid link: 'LINE-FISHING'; GREEN, 'Pandulp' amended to _Pandulph_;

P. 352, GAUGE, originally 'GUAGE'; 'guage' amended to _gauge_; re-indexed (p. 337); GAUGE-ROD, originally 'GUAGE-ROD'; re-indexed as above.

P. 354, GUIDOR, 'condor' amended to _conder_.

P. 355, GULF-WEED, 'crustaceae' amended to _crustacea_.

P. 358, GUN-PORTS, 'PORT-HOLES' amended to _PORTS_.

P. 361, HADDOCK, 'Gadus aegilfinus' amended to _Gadus aeglefinus_; HAKE, 'Gadus merlucius' amended to _Gadus merluccius_.

P. 363, HAMACS, 'HAMMOCKS AND HAMMACS' amended to _HAMMOCK_.

P. 364, HAMMOCK, 'Caribbs' amended to _Caribs_.

P. 366, HANGING-KNEES, 'loding-knees' amended to _lodging-knees_.

P. 369, HARPER-CRAB, invalid link: 'TOMMY HARPER'.

P. 370, HATCH, invalid link: 'HECK'.

P. 371, HAUL, 'ROWSE' amended to _ROUSE_.

P. 384, HOIST, 'SWAYING' and 'WHIPPING' amended to _SWAY_ and _WHIP_; invalid link: 'TRACING-UP'.

P. 385, HOLD, 'TRIM' amended to _TRIM OF THE HOLD_; HOLDING ON THE SLACK, invalid link: 'EYELIDS'; HOLDING WATER, 'ROWING' amended to _ROW_.

P. 392, HORSE-MUSSEL, invalid link: 'DUCK-MUSSEL'.

P. 393, HOUNDS, 'tressel-trees' amended to _trestle-trees_; HOUSING, 'THUMB-LINE, IRISH TWINE' amended to _TWINE_.

P. 394, HOWE, originally 'HOW'.

P. 398, ICE-TONGUE, 'TONGUE OF ICE' amended to _TONGUE_.

P. 399, ILET, 'EYELET' amended to _EYELET-HOLES_.

P. 407, JACK-PINS, 'Tackspins' amended to _Tack-pins_.

P. 408, JACK-STAYS, 'staystails' amended to _staysails_.

P. 409, JAVA POT, 'Alcyonum' amended to _Alcyonium_.

P. 410, JERME, originally 'JEROME'.

P. 411, JIB, 'GYBE' amended to _GYBING_.

P. 413, JOHN DORY, 'Scomberidae' amended to _Scombridae_; JOHNNY RAW, invalid link: 'RAW'.

P. 414, JUFFER, 'UPHER' amended to _UPHROE_.

P. 415, JUNCO, 'PURR' amended to _PURRE_; JUNK, 'sinnot' amended to _sinnet_.

P. 417, KAYU-PUTIH, 'putih' usually translates as 'white', however the translation of 'oil' has been retained; K.C.B., 'siglae' amended to _sigla_.

P. 424, KNAGGY, 'Crochetty' amended to _Crotchety_.

P. 426, KNUCKLE-TIMBERS, 'flair' amended to _flare_.

P. 432, LAP'S COURSE, 'LOBS-SCOUSE' amended to _LOBSCOUSE_.

P. 436, LEAD, SOUNDING, 'HAND LEAD-LINE' amended to _HAND-LINE_; 'DEEP-SEA LEAD-LINE' amended to _DEEP-SEA LINE_.

P. 438, 'LEE-GUAGE' amended to _LEE-GAUGE_.

P. 440, LET GO UNDER FOOT, 'ANCHOR UNDER FOOT' amended to _UNDER FOOT_.

P. 441, LICENSE, invalid link: 'RUNNER, LICENSED'.

P. 444, LIFTS, 'TOPPING' amended to _TOPPING-LIFTS_; LIGHT-HORSEMAN, invalid link: 'WALLMIA'.

P. 451, LOBSTER-TOAD, invalid link: 'DEEP-SEA CRAB'.

P. 455, LONG STERN-TIMBERS, invalid link: 'STERN-TIMBERS'.

P. 458, LUFF AND TOUCH HER!, 'TOUCH' amended to _TOUCHING_.

P. 462, MADE, 'MASTS' amended to _MADE MASTS_; MAGELLANIC CLOUDS, 'Nebiculae' amended to _Nubeculae_.

P. 465, MAKE WATER, invalid link: 'FOUL WATER'.

P. 466, MANCHE OF MANGALORE, 'patamirs' amended to _patamars_; MANGONEL, 'balista' amended to _ballista_.

P. 467, MAN-OF-WAR BIRD, 'Frigata aquila' amended to _Fregata aquila_; 'Pelicanidae' amended to _Pelecanidae_; MANSIONS OF THE MOON, invalid link: 'LUNAR MANSIONS'; MAON, 'MAHONE, PORT OF' amended to _MAHONE_.

P. 471, MAST, 'JURY' amended to _JURY-MAST_.

P. 474, MAUL, 'trenails' amended to _tree-nails_; MAY, 'VENDABALES' amended to _VENDAVAL_.

P. 480, MISCHIEF, 'MASTER OF MISCHIEF' amended to _MASTER OF MISRULE_.

P. 481, MOCCASIN, originally 'MOCCASSIN'.

P. 486, MOTHER CARY'S GOOSE, 'Quebranta-huessos' amended to _Quebranta huesos_.

P. 487, MUCK, 'AMOCK' amended to _AMOK_.

P. 488, MUD-SHORES, 'Guiyana' amended to _Guiana_.

P. 491, NAILING A GUN, 'SPIKE' amended to _SPIKING_; NARROWING, 'RISING HALF-BREADTH' amended to _HALF-BREADTH OF THE RISING_.

P. 496, NEGRO-BOAT, 'ALMODIE' amended to _ALMADIA_; NET AND COBLE, 'sassine' amended to _sasses_.

P. 503, OAR-PROPULSION, invalid link: 'STERN-OAR'; OAZE, invalid link: 'OOZE'.

P. 504, OE, 'Ferroe Islands' amended to _Faeroe Islands_.

P. 506, OLICK, 'Gadus callaris' amended to _Gadus callarias_; OLPIS, 'CONDOR' amended to _CONDER_.

P. 508, ORDER OF SAILING, 'SAILING' amended to _SAILING, ORDER OF_.

P. 510, OTSEGO BASS, 'Corregonus otsego' amended to _Coregonus otsego_.

P. 513, OVER-SETTING, invalid link: 'UPSET'; OVERSLAUGH, 'roaster' amended to _roster_; OXYRINCHUS, originally 'OXYRHINCUS'.

P. 524, PEON-WOOD, invalid link: 'POON-WOOD'.

P. 525, PERIWINKLE, originally 'PERRIWINKLE'; re-indexed (p. 524).

P. 527, PICKLING, 'BURNETIZE' amended to _BURNETTIZE_; PILCHARD, 'Clupea pilcardus' amended to _Clupea pilchardus_.

P. 530, PIT, invalid link: 'SAW-PIT'.

P. 536, POLES, 'SCUDDING' amended to _SCUD_; 'TRYING' amended to _TRY_.

P. 537, POOR JOHN, 'baccalao' amended to _bacalao_.

P. 539, PORTE, invalid link: 'SUBLIME PORTE'.

P. 540, PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR, 'Physalis pelagica' amended to _Physalia pelagica_.

P. 546, PROFILE OF A FORT, 'ORTHOGRAPHY' amended to _ORTHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION_.

P. 547, PROSPECTIVE, invalid link: 'SPY-GLASS'.

P. 550, PURSER'S STOCKING, 'SHEW A LEG' amended to _SHOW A LEG_.

P. 557, RACKING A TACKLE, 'LANNIARD' amended to _LANIARD_.

P. 558, RAILS OF THE STERN, invalid link: 'STERN-RAILS'.

P. 563, REBATE, invalid link: 'DISCOUNT'.

P. 570, RETURNS, invalid link: 'SUPPLIES AND RETURNS'.

P. 573, RIGGING-STOPPER, 'STOPPERS' amended to _STOPPER OF THE CABLE_.

P. 574, RIMER, 'REEMER' amended to _REEMING_.

P. 575, RIPPING-IRON, 'REEMER' amended to _REEMING_; RIPPS, 'TIDE-RIPPS' amended to _TIDE-RIP_.

P. 576, RITTOCH, 'Sterna hirnudo' amended to _Sterna hirundo_.

P. 581, ROUND SEIZING, originally split into two entries when carried over to the next page.

P. 583, ROVE, 'sheeve-hole' amended to _sheave-hole_.

P. 590, SAINT CUTHBERT'S DUCK, 'Feroe Islands' amended to _Farne Islands_; SAINT SWITHIN, '6th of July' amended to _15th of July_.

P. 593, SARDINE, 'Engraulus maletta' amended to _Engraulis meletta_, although this applies to the anchovy.

P. 594, SAW-FISH, 'Pritis antiquorum' amended to _Pristis antiquorum_; SCALE, 'GUNTER'S SCALE' amended to _GUNTER'S LINE_.

P. 595, SCENOGRAPHY, originally 'SCHENOGRAPHY'; re-indexed; SCHEDAR, 'Cassiopaea' amended to _Cassiopeia_.

P. 596, SCOTCHMAN, 'skotch' amended to _scotch_.

P. 599, SEA, 'flotsom and jetsom' amended to _flotsam and jetsam_.

P. 601, SEA-GAUGE, invalid link: 'WATER-BOTTLE'.

P. 602, SEA-LAWS, 'Wisboy' amended to _Wisbuy_.

P. 603, SEA-POACHER, 'Cataphractus schonveldii' amended to _Cottus cataphractus_.

P. 604, SEA-SLEECH, originally 'SEA-SLETCH'; re-indexed; link likewise amended.

P. 606, SECTION, 'logitudinally' amended to _longitudinally_.

P. 607, SELLOCK, 'SILLUK' amended to _SILLOCK_.

P. 616, SHINER, invalid link: '_dace_'.

P. 617, SHIP, 'MERCHANT' amended to _MERCHANTMAN_; SHIP-LOG, 'LOG' amended to _LOG-BOOK_.

P. 618, SHIPPER, 'SCHIPPER' amended to _SKIPPER_.

P. 622, SHOVELL, 'Spathulea clypeata' amended to _Spatula clypeata_.

P. 623, SHROUDS, 'CHANNEL' amended to _CHAINS_.

P. 624, SHURGEE, originally 'SHURQEE'.

P. 627, SIMOOM, 'klamsin' amended to _kamsin_; SISTER-KEELSONS, 'SIDE KEELS' amended to _SIDE-KEELSONS_.

P. 629, SKIP-JACK, 'boneta' amended to _bonito_.

P. 632, SLING-DOGS, 'SPAN-DOGS' amended to _DOG_.

P. 636, SNAKING, 'WORMING' amended to _WORM_; SNOOK, 'Scomberidae' amended to _Scombridae_.

P. 641, SPECK-BLOCKS, 'FLENSING' amended to _FLENSE_.

P. 649, STAMP AND GO!, 'topsail-haliards' amended to _topsail-halliards_.

P. 654, STEAM-PIPE, invalid link: 'WASTE STEAM-PIPE', see SAFETY-VALVE.

P. 662, STRETCHER, invalid link: 'SHEER-POLE', see SHEER-BATTEN.

P. 663, STUBB, 'wearer' amended to _weather_.

P. 666, SUN-STAR, 'Solaster paposa' amended to _Solaster papposus_.

P. 667, SURF-BOAT, 'MASSOOLAH-BOAT' amended to _MASULAH BOATS_.

P. 670, SWORD-FISH, 'Scomberidae' amended to _Scombridae_.

P. 674, TANG, 'Fucus digitata' amended to _Fucus digitatus_.

P. 680, THROAT-BRAILS, invalid link: 'TOPMAST-STAYSAILS'; THROUGH-PIECES, invalid link: 'GRAVING-PIECES'.

P. 686, TOP, 'bibs' amended to _bibbs_.

P. 687, TOP-GALLANT QUARTER-BOARDS, invalid link: 'QUARTER-BOARDS'.

P. 689, TORTUE DE MER, 'gabare' amended to _gabarre_.

P. 699, TROPIC-BIRD, 'Phaeton aetherius' amended to _Phaethon aethereus_.

P. 700, TRUCKS, 'PARREL' amended to _PARRALS_.

P. 702, TUNNY, 'Scomberidae' amended to _Scombridae_; TURBOT, 'icthyophagi' amended to _ichthyophagi_.

P. 703, TUSK, 'Brosmus vulgaris' amended to _Brosmius vulgaris_.

P. 707, UNLIMBER, 'pintail' amended to _pintle_.

P. 712, VERTICAL PLAN, 'ORTHOGRAPHY' amended to _ORTHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION_.

P. 715, WAFT, 'recals' amended to _recalls_.

P. 717, WALL-SIDED, 'flairing' amended to _flaring_.

P. 723, WAY, invalid link: 'WIND'S-WAY'.

P. 727, WEST-COUNTRY PARSON, 'Gadus marlucius' amended to _Gadus merluccius_.

P. 728, WHAUP, 'Numenius arcuatus' amended to _Numenius arquatus_.

P. 729, WHIMBREL, 'Numenius phaepus' amended to _Numenius phaeopus_.

P. 730, WHISTLE, 'BOATSWAIN'S CALL' amended to _CALL_.

P. 736, WOLF-FISH, 'Anarrichas lupus' amended to _Anarhichas lupus_.

P. 738, WORK UP JUNK, 'sinnit' amended to _sinnet_.

End of Project Gutenberg's The Sailor's Word-Book, by William Henry Smyth