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An intermediate stop along the route of a steamboat.
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An informal term for a merchant ship’s officer who began their career as an unlicensed merchant seaman, and so did not attend a traditional maritime academy to earn their officer's licence (also see before the mast).
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An instrument employed for ascertaining position of the sun with respect to magnetic north. The azimuth of an object is its bearing from the observer measured as an angle clockwise from true north.
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An extra strip of canvas secured below a bonnet (q.v.), further to increase the area of a course
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An idiom for the bottom of the sea.
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An inattentive helmsmen might allow the dangerous situation to arise where the wind is blowing into the sails 'backwards', causing a sudden (and possibly dangerous) shift in the position of the sails.
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An inflatable, covered raft, used in the event of a vessel being abandoned.
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An enlisted sailor, one who is housed before the foremast.
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An extra plank fitted to the outside of the hull, usually at deck level, to protect the topsides.
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an enclosed room on a deck or flat.
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