Part 18 (2/2)

TIDAL CURRENTS.

Ebb tide, the outflow of the water due to the tides.

Flood tide, the inflow of the water due to the tides.

Lee tide, the set of the current to leeward.

Weather tide, the set of the current to windward.

TIDE. The rise and fall of the water of the oceans under the influence of the moon. Used customarily, but inaccurately, to express the currents produced by the changes of level.

High tide, or high water, the two highest levels of the day.

Low tide, or low water, the two lowest.

Neap tide: the least rise and fall during the lunar month.

Spring tide: the greatest rise and fall during the same, being soon after full and change of moon.

TRADE, the. A term applied to a body of merchant vessels, to or from a particular destination.

TRADE WIND. A wind which blows uniformly from the same general direction throughout a fixed period. In the West Indies, from the northeast the year round. See also ”Monsoon.”

VEER. See ”Cable.”

VESSEL. A general term for all constructions intended to float upon and move through the water. Specific definitions applicable to this book:

s.h.i.+p, a square-rigged vessel with three masts.

Brig, a square-rigged vessel with two masts.

Schooner, a fore and aft rigged vessel with two or more masts.

Sloop, a fore and aft rigged vessel with one mast. See pp. 9, 15, 17.

VESSELS OF WAR. s.h.i.+p of the Line. A s.h.i.+p with three or more tiers of guns, of which two are on covered decks; that is, have a deck above them. See ”Line of Battle s.h.i.+p.”

Frigate. A s.h.i.+p with one tier of guns on a covered deck.

Sloop of War. A s.h.i.+p, the guns of which are not covered, being on the upper (spar) deck.

Sloops of war were sometimes brigs, but then were usually so styled.

WAKE. The track left by a vessel's pa.s.sage through the water. ”In the wake of”: directly astern of.

WAY. Movement through the water. ”To get underway”: to pa.s.s from stand-still to movement.

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