Index Sample
My work on a lexicon of Mediterranean nautical terms was begun, unfortunately, before the days of convenient personal computing, so my findings are, for now, confined to cards. The index to my card-file is a working document. The English terms following the headwords refer to the headword entries in which the Mediterranean term occurs: they are not, in every case, definitions. Many headwords (in bold) are truncated. The index was designed for my use only, but it may occasionally be of help to others. For the complete index, see the attached PDF.
bolin bowline, closehauled, cringle, full and by, haul the wind, leechline, orza davanti, ply, plyer
bolinga topmast, topsail
bolis buoy3, mark
bollard knighthead
bollon bolt
bolme bulkhead
bols exchange
bolson camber
bolt belay, to bitt, hitch
bolum merchandise2, sail/lateen (parts)
bolzon camber, sheer
bom boom
bomb cotton1
bomb pump1, waterspout
bombord portside1, to tack (misc.)
bomboris bowsprit
bomeria bottomry
bompres bowsprit
bon doubling
bon good & sufficient, rower/paid, tack (of course)2
bonac bonanza, calm2
bonan bonanza
bonas bonanza
bonaz calm2
bonec bitts, booms
bone bonnet, studdingsail
bonne rower/paid
bonneau buoy4
bonnett bonnet, lace, studdingsail
bor fid
bor gust, north, northeast, squall1, wind/north1
borb gust
borbolet wing and wing
borbor dredge, mud
borchiar springline
borcun knee1
bord abeam, aboard, alongside, approach, beam, to board1, carvel work, ceiling1, clinker, coaming, coast4, cruise, flat in, foot (sail), freeboard, gunwale, haul taut1, list, lopsided, to luff, oars/ship, off and on, overboard, plank4, planking, ply, plyer, push off, sheathing, shore/prop3, side2, stake/sheer, tack (of course)2, to tack3, tacks/haul aboard, washboard, watch
borda mainsail2, sail/lateen, sail/lateen (parts), sails
bordel bordello
bordon careening outrigger, spar
borel fid
borin bowline, closehauled, haul the wind, leechline
born mooring post, swing
boroa channel, straits2
boros earing, roband
borra stuff
borriquete topsail
bors exchange
bortun tier
borus earing, roband
borz side2
bos avast2, bight, cathead, -stopper, cringle, nipper, painter, springline, stopper, shank-painter, sling (of yard), stopper1
bosman boatswain
bosseman boatswain
bosset block, orza davanti
bossoir anchor/best/bower, bow/on the, cathead, lookout
bossol compass1, bushel
bosson camber, sheer
bot boat2
bot barrel2, bottle1, cooper, frame/in, tonnage
bot boom3, botar, bow, caulking tools, launching wedge
botafion earing
botalo beak, boom/jib, spreader, sprit
botament tide/spring
botão seizing
botavara sprit
botecadura chainplate, chainwale
botic storeroom6
botij mouse