This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt: ...the upper forward side of the stem; (sometimes a coat of arms or a crest is used. Vessels are rarely built with this ornamentation today. FILLER (DUTCHMAN)--a piece of wood inserted in a made-up mast to cover a defect or to make up a deficiency; a composition used on woodwork to fill the pores of the wood before ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt: ...the upper forward side of the stem; (sometimes a coat of arms or a crest is used. Vessels are rarely built with this ornamentation today. FILLER (DUTCHMAN)--a piece of wood inserted in a made-up mast to cover a defect or to make up a deficiency; a composition used on woodwork to fill the pores of the wood before applying paint. FINISHING--curved ornamentation on the quarter gallery or the stern quarter; generally below the second counter, and above the upper lights. This decoration is rarely put on vessels now. FISHING--the act, process or operation of joining two spars together by lashing them. FISH THE ANCHOR--a term describing the process of securing the anchor in its permanent position or location on the deck of the vessel ready to go to sea; also the process of hoisting the anchor to the anchor davits, and leaving it hanging in that position; called "catting the anchor." FLAGSTAFF--the flagpole at the stern of a vessel. FLAIRING (FLARING)--in shipbuilding a frame indicating that the vessel has sides or a bow curving gradually outward from the base; spreading or bulging; the reverse of falling or tumbling home. The upper part of the bow is often made flairing, an easy method of construction which will help to prevent the vessel's bow becoming immersed so deeply when the vessel is pitching badly in heavy weather. FLAM--similar to flairing. FLAP--a term applied to a small partial deck built almost level, with either a fore-and-aft or athwartship curvature. FLATS--a term given to frames or timbers amidships that are not beveled, and are similar to the dead-flat. In framing the character jHJ_ is sometimes put on the timber, indicating that it is dead-flat. i=I FLEET--the process of spreading apart two blocks of a tackle. FLEMISH COILS--coiling a r...
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