Part 69

Are for the Men which row the Boats to sit on.

Thimbles

Are a Sort of round Rings, whose Edges are turned up, and the Ropes go round in the hollow Part of the Outside of them when they are seized, in order to prevent the Tackle Hook from galling the Rope.

Thoals

Are those Pins in the Gunwale of a Boat, between which the Men put their Oars when they row.

Thrums

Are allowed the Boatswains and Carpenters to make Mops; and also to the Master Caulker for Mops to Pay the Ships Bottoms.

Thwart Ship

Is across the Ship.

Tides

Two periodical Motions of the Waters of the Sea, called the Flux and Reflux, or the Ebb and Flow.

Ties

Or Runners, are those Ropes by which the Yards hang, and they with the Halyards carry or hoist the Yards up.

Tiller

The very same with the Helm of a Ship, and are also used in small Ships and Boats for Steering them.

Tiller for Saws

Are Handles for Whip Saws.

Timber

Ash

Is used by the Master House Carpenter in Wheelwright Work.

Beech

Is used for Ways at the Bottom of the Dock, and sometimes cut into Keel-pieces.

Elm

Is used for making Drumheads, for Capstons, Ships Caps, Keel-pieces, Lyons, Tafferels, &c.

Firr

Is used for making Davits, by the House Carpenters for Girders, and such like large Uses in Building.

Oak Compass

Is used by the Shipwrights, and converted for the Compassing Timbers of a Ship.