Part 73

Vice

There are two Sorts, Bench and Hand; the former are fixed to a Bench in the Smith's Shop, and used by them for holding fast their Work, when to be filed or cleaned, as the other is (being small) held in the Hand when made use of.

Viol

A Cable-laid Rope, which being reeved through a large Block lashed at the Main-mast, is made use of by heaving at the Jeer Capston to weigh the Anchor when Nippers are brought on about the Cable.

Vinegar

Is allowed for washing the Ships between Decks when abroad, for preventing any Contagion spreading among the Men.

Umbrello's

Are Screens hung at the Stern over the Ship's Lights, to keep out the Sun, and are generally covered with Canvas or Kersey.

Unmoar

When a Ship or Vessel that Rides at two Anchors begins to get them up in order to Sail, she is Unmoaring.

Uphroes

Are a Kind of Spar brought from Norway, from thirty two Feet to twenty eight Feet long, and four Inches by three and an half square at the Top End.

Waals

Are those protuberant Strakes of Plank (or thick Stuff) wrought thicker than the Rest on the Sides of a Ship, the Appearance of which gives her Sheer, that is, the beautiful Rising they commonly have Fore and Aft above Water.

Waft

To make a Waft is to hoist up an Ensign rowled up to the Top of the Staff, as a Sign for the Men to come on board, or that a Ship is in Danger by a Leak, &c. and therefore wants Help from the Shore, or from some other Ship.

Wake

Is the smooth Water that runs from a Ship's Stern when under Sail, and by it a good Guess may be made of the Speed she makes. Also when one Ship giving Chace to another, is got as far into the Wind as she, and sails directly after her, they say, She has got into her Wake.

Wale Rear'd

Not Ship shape, but built right up after she comes to her Bearing.

Walt

A Ship is Walt when she hath not her due Ballast, that is, not enough to enable her to bear her Sails.

Warp

Is to haul or transport a Ship by a Cablet or Hawser (proper for that Purpose) bent to an Anchor or a Buoy; it is used when a Wind is wanting to carry her into or out of an Harbour, or to Moarings, and this is termed Warping; and the Cablet or Hawser used on this Occasion is called a Warp.

Wast

The Ship's Sides between the Quarter Deck and Fore-castle is commonly called so.

Boards

Are sometimes set upon the Sides of a Boat, to keep the Sea from breaking into her.