 | Nautical astronomy - 1821 - 708 pages
...other. Adrift. The state of a ship broken from her moorings) and driving about without control. Afloat. Buoyed up by the water from the ground. Afore. All...which lies forward or near the stem. It also signifies further forward. • After. A phrase applied to any object in the hinder part of the ship, as the after... | |
 | Nathaniel Bowditch - Nautical astronomy - 1826 - 764 pages
...moorings, und driving about without control. .Ifloat. Buoyed up by the water from the ground. .•¡jare. All that part of a ship which lies forward or near the stem. It also signifies further forward. .í/tór. A phrase applied to any object in the hinder part of the ship, as the after-hjrtfhway,... | |
 | William James - 1826 - 624 pages
...broke loose from her moorings, and driven without control, at the mercy of the wind, sea, or current. Afore, all that part of a ship which lies forward, or near the stem. Aft, sifter, behind, or near the stern of u ship. See abaft. Aloft, up in the tops, at the mast-head,... | |
 | Nathaniel Bowditch - Nautical astronomy - 1826 - 732 pages
...driving about without control. .•Ifloal. Buoyed up by the water from the ground. Afore. All that port of a ship which lies forward or near the stem. It also signifies further forward. AJttr. A phrase applied to any object in the hinder part of the ship, as the after-haffhway,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 420 pages
...it. Adrift. The state of a ship broken from her moorings, and driving about without control. Afloat. Buoyed up by the water from the ground. Afore. All...nearer to the stem. Aft. Behind, or near the stern of a ship. After. A phrase applied to any object in the hinder part of the ship, as the after-hatchway,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 782 pages
...hath hap'd : Will you go on a/or* > Shaluptttrt. (Md* AFORE, in maritime affairs, avant, Fr. fen Sax. all that part of a ship which lies forward, or near the stem ; it likewise implies further, forward, or nearer the prow ; as, the managw stands afore the foremast, ie... | |
 | William James - 1837 - 506 pages
...broke loose from her moorings, and driven without control, at the mercy of the wind, sea, or current. Afore, all that part of a ship which lies forward, or near the stem. Aft, After, behind, or near the stern of a ship. See Abaft. Aloft, up in the tops, at the mast-head,... | |
 | William James - Great Britain - 1837 - 478 pages
...driven without control, at the mercy of the wind, sea, or current. Abreast, synonymous with Abeam. Afore, all that part of a ship which lies forward, or near the stem. Aloft, up in the tops, at the mast-head, or any where about the higher yards or rigging. Aft, After,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1841 - 956 pages
...made himself independent of Persia, and founded the kingdom of Afghanistan. AFORE (avant, French) ; all that part of a ship which lies forward, or near the stem. AFRANCESADOS. This title is used to denote those Spaniards who took the oath of fidelity and allegiaucf... | |
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Adrift, the state of a ship or vessel broke loose from her moorings, and driven without control, at the mercy of the wind, sea, or current. 
