Subject Index

This is a preliminary index designed to display the range of subject matter covered in the Dictionary,. Headwords are in bold-face. Terms following a slash (/) are initial elements of the preceding headword; e.g., back-anchor is witten as "/back" following anchor. Italic terms in parenthesis are etymological types of the headword. (These do not include all Mediterranean types under a given headword, but generally only those represented in more than one language.)

Anchors & Mooring (& see Ropes)

adrift, anchor (ancora, ancoret, ferro, pennell, rizzon, speranza), /back, /bower, /best-bower, /small-bower, /ebb, /flood, /grapnel, /kedge, /mooring, /sheet, /spare, /stream, -acockbill, -arm, -buoy, -crown, -crane, -fluke, -ring (anell ), -shank, -shoe, -stock (ceppo ), to anchor (fond, surg, ancor, aferr ), anchorage (fond, ancor, surg, ferr, ten, statio), anchorage tax (ancor), athwart-hawse (travers ), awash (flor), back (empennel ), bend/anchor, break out, buoy (gavitel ), -rope (grip, orin ), cable-tier, capstan (argan, cabestrante, ergat), -bar, -barrel, -drumhead, -pawl, -saucer, -spindle, -whelp, carry out (along ), cat (capon ), -back, -block, -fall, cathead, -stopper, cat-hook, -tackle, clinch (entaling ), davit (arg, dav, pesc ), dolphin (corp mort ), drag anchor (caccia, garr ), to fish (pesc, travers ), -block, -boom, 1.fish-hook (pesc ), -pendant, -tackle, float, foul (cep, jal ), freshen hawse (refresc ), ground-tackle, grow, heave (vir ), hold (ten ), messenger (margarit, tornavir, virator ), moor (aforc, amarr, ormeg ), moorings (corp mort ), mooring-post (colonna, pal, post), -swivel (paramussell ), nipper, puddening, range (of cable) (bitt ), rats, roads (rada, roda ), run out (along ), scope (calumo ), shank-painter (serra bozza ), shot/cable (adjust ), to slip (fil ), spring-line (codet, croup, imbozza, lentia, spring ), stopper (barbaressa, bozza, stopper ), to stopper (bozzare ), to swing (apro, born, gir, vir ), turn (bittatura ), turn in the hawse (volt ), underrun (palm, resac, ricorr ), up and down (a picco), walk back (devir ), 1.warp (gegomar, tonneggia), weigh (alza, lev, salp )

Belaying Devices

belay, belaying-pin (cavil ), bitt/cross, to bitt, -pin (palea ), bitts (bitt, maimon ), /bowline, /cross, /sheet, bollard (baba, colon, corp mort, destra), breastwork, chesstree, cleat (castagnol, cornamus, galoch, tacco), fasten (incoc), haul taut, kevel, knight (bitt, cep, guindas, potence), knighthead (apostol ), norman, rack/pin (armator, cavil, rast ), range, tako

Cargoes (incl. stowage, containers)

aburton, alum (alum ), -ata, bale (bala ), barley, barrel (baril, botta, cupa, doga, fust, piece, pipa, ton, veges ), -head, -stave, -wood, basket (banast, canast, carga, cista, cof, corb, disc, man, sport), Brazil wood, broken down, bulk (granel, horri), bundle (fard, fasc, pac ), bushel, cant-, cargo (carg ), case (cassa ), cask, /water (caratel ), chock, complete, cotton (bombas, coton), crane, discharge (discarg ), dunnage, embark (embarc, recol ), fish-sauce (garum ), frame/in (bott, fasc ), fustian, grain (blat, gran ), jar (cad, dol, jarr ), last , lift (lev ), light (lev ), lighter (accon, alleg , alliv), load, to load (carg ), loading place (cargador ), log-book (cartolar, sabord ), malmsey (malvasia ), massicot, mastic, millet (mil, panic), overload (sopraccaricar ), package (pac ), passenger (passagier ), pepper, pilgrim (peregrin, romero), purple (purpura), rice, rummage (cambio ), sable fur (zibellin ), sack (costal, sac ), scarce (tight) (scars ), separation, shift (cargo) (correr ), shifting-boards, shovelling (paleage ), silk (metaxa, seta ), slave (slav), spice (specie), stow (arrimar, barrotar, stivar ), stowage (arrima, stiva ), stowaway (polisson ), sugar (zucchero ), tarragon, tier (andana, tonga ), trim (arrim ), ullage (oeil ), unloading (disbarc ), wheat (ble, frument )

Commerce (incl. ship's business; & see Cargoes, Measures)

agio, angary, articles/ship's (rol ), average (avaria ), bank (banca ), barratry, barter, bazaar, bezant, bill of health (patent ), bill of lading (conos, polic), bottomry, burden (port ), caravan, cataplus, charter (flet, nol), charter-party (carta partita ), coin (moneta ), commenda, commerce (commerc, negot ), contraband, contract, convoy (conserv, convoy ), costs, 1.counter (compt ), crew-list (rol ), customs (diwan ), deadfreight, deadweight (port ), demurrage (contro, soprastallia, demor), denarius, dispatch (dispac), dockage, dues, earnest money (arra, capar), embargo, exchange (bors, loggia ), factory, fix (fitto ), florin, fondaco, free overside (sotto paranco), free port (porto franco ), freight (fret, nol ), good and sufficient, insurance (secur ), invoice (factur ), jettison (iact ), keel duty (quillage), lay days (stallia ), lodge (loggia ), lumpsum (scars ), magazine (makhzan ), manifest, maravedi, mark (marco ), market (mercat ), matapan, maximum/minimum, merchandise (mercanzia, roba ), money, moorage, package, passage (passage, travers ), passport (passaporto, patenta ), pilotage, place, portage, 2.post (mail) (post, vered ), pratique, primage (cap), prize (presa ), protest, quarantine (quarantina ), raid (razzia ), risk, rob (robar ), roll (rol ), safe and sound (sano & salvo ), salvage (salva ), scale (balance, plat, romana, quintal, stater ), share (action, carat, loc, part, sold ), solidus, staple, stay (soggiorno, stada ), sterling, storehouse, tare (tara ), tariff (tarifa ), toll (pedaticum ), tonnage tax (tonnellaggio ), trade (tracta ), traffic (traffico ), tramp, tranship (transbord ), transit (transito ), truck, voyage (campagna, taxidium, viaggio ), weigh (pesar ), weighing (pesaggio ), wharfage, to winter (hivernar ), zero

Cordage (incl. knots, splices; & see Ropes, Small Stuff)

bowline (bals ), /running, broom/Spanish (ginest, spart), cable-laid, cat's paw, coil (cogl, duglia, rota), cordage (cabul, cord ), esparto grass (alfa, atocha, spart), eye-splice (gass ), fake (duglia ), fiber (brin ), flax (lin ), flemish down, hawser-laid, heart (anima, mecha), hemp (cannabum ) (& fiber-processing terms), hitch (volt ), /blackwall, /clove (ballestr ), /half (mezzavolta ), /timber, junk, kink (coc ), 1.knot (grop, nodus ), -running, lay (colch, commet ), /left-handed, /plain, /right-handed, /water, marry (mari ), mouse (pigna, pomme ), to part (romp ), pointing (of rope), ropewalk (corderia ), running knot, sheepshank (catald, margarit ), size/rope, skein (manoc, metaxa ), spart, spin (filare ), splice (palm, plomb ), strand (cordon, embolo, toron ), tail, tar (qitran ), to tar (alquitranar), tarred (incatramato ), tie (leg ), turn (socair, volt ), untarred (blanc ), untie (disleg ), wall-knot (pigna ), to whip, yarn/rope (fil, filastica ), /spun (commando, filato, midolla)

Etymology

adjust, -amen, ankino, apostle, argosy, astella, -ata, -aticum, barba, cant, cappuccio, contra, direct, drom, escora, etymology/English,floor, forca, force, form, gamba, gangam, garwian, gassa, gordin, grip, guarda, guardamano, guardian, jocus, kank, karabo, kramp, lanceare, larg, lasso, last, lev, levant, lofo, makari, matafion, men-, -men, -ment, muda, mustache, nauclerus, orza, -otto, paloma, para-, parrot, passarin, place, poggia, quadr-, rancho, reduplication, regula, rombo, scontro, siccus, skaf, skar, sola, sosta, sotto, spart, spon, stapula, station, streng, tako, tertiarol, tiramola, tombar, tragant, tragula, tramp, travers, traversa, trink, truck, verga, vigilia, wind, -zon, zonta

Fasteners

bolt (clav, bol, pern), to bolt, bolting, cotter, dowel, fastening, forelock, nail (clav, nagel ), /clout (stoperol ), nails (clavaison ), peg (cavil ), pin (cavil, goupil, pern ), treenail (cavil ), washer (rondel )

Fish & Fishing

anchovy (maena), cast (bol ), cod (lus ), cork (suber ), dolphin, to fish (pesc ), 2.fish-hook (am ), fish-pond (piscin, vivar ), gangam, grip, herring (hareng ), line (linea ), /long (palancastr, pannola ), mackerel, mesh (maglia ), net (bol, filet, grip, iacere, kalym, madrab, menaid, panagron, ret, sagena, tonnara, tract, train, tramail ), pair-trawler (bol, paranza ), pike (lucius ), school (banc, mont ), shad (alos, clup, sabog ), sponge (spongia ), trawl, trout (tructa ), tuna (tunnus ), whale (ballena )

Galley Terminology (incl. rowing)

admiral (amir al-, capitano generale), against the wind, ahead!, alier, al-wazir, anchor (ferro ), artimon, back water, backwater turn, bagnio, beam (trast ), bench (banc ), bench-locker (bancas ), biscuit (mazzamurro ), boatswain (nostromo), cap (of mast), capitana, chains/galley (cadena, branca ), clothing, comito, crew/galley (ciurma ), crossbow-shot (arbalest, ballest ), deck (ballator ), flagship, fora, force, forward (avanti ), fusta, galleass, galleon, 1.galley (galea ), galley construction, 2.galley (scandolar ), gangway (corredor, cors, pass), guardian, hold fast (agguant ), kid, knee (baccalar , collo della latta), lay on your oars! (leva remi ), Lepanto, mariuolo, nauclerus, oar (rem), -blade (pal), -fish (calaverna ), -handle (manual, pugno ), -loom (brac, giron ), -web (braccio ), oars/"rabbit" (coniglia ), /ship (arm), /trail, /unship, orza, outrigger (apostic, telaro), pass the word (passa parola ), patron, patrona, person-to-person (mano in mano ), poggia, pull away (vogavanti ), ram, remolar, row (rem, vog), rower (rem, vog ), /first (vogavant ), /second (postic ), /third (terzarol), /fourth/fifth (quart, quint ), /forward (coniglier ), /aft (spald ), /free, /paid (buonavoglia ), /stroke, rowing (arranc, scaloccio, terzaruolo, voga, zenzile), rowlock (scalm ), sail/lateen, shackle (maniglia), slave/galley (forz, galeot), scull, storeroom (compagna, dispensa, pagliol, sotta ), stretcher (banc, ped ), strop (frenil), tabernacle, tapera, tholepin (scalmo, tol ), thwart (banc ), whip (courbache ), yoke (giogo )

Hull & Deck Parts (see also Belaying Devices)

afterpeak, apostle, apron, astella, batten, beak-head (speron ), beam (balc, bancas, barrot, cadena, kamara, lat, trabs, trast, traves), /deck, /hold, bench (banc ), bench-locker (bancas), 1.bilge (ossec, sentin), 2.bilge (boug, escoa, flor), bilge/turn of, bulwark, binnacle (chiesola, habitaculum ), boatswain's locker, bottom (fond ), bow, -assembly, bows (masc ), break/deck (salt ), breast-hook, breastwork (front, perpao), bulkhead (para ), bull's-eye (light), bulwark (basting, batayol, hourde, paves), cabin (camara ), cappuccio, carling (beccaria, carling ), castle (cassero, told ), cathead-knee, ceiling (pagliol, vaigre), /floor, centina, chine, chock (calastra ), /butt, clamp (sottodorm ), coaming, coat/mast (brai, cap ), companion (tambuc, tuga ), 2.counter (volt ), -timber, crotch, 1.crutch (ghirland ), 2.crutch, cuddy, cutwater (tagliamare ), deadwood, deck (ballator, copert, pont, til, told ), /tween (corridor ), /fore (palm, tamburet ), /half, /orlop, /poop, /quarter (cassero, gaillard ), deck-house (roef ), double-bottom, entance and run, fashion-piece (alet ), floor-board (pagliol, pan), -head, -timber (accul, forc, plan, singlon, varang ), fore-and-after (galiot ), forecastle (cassero, castel, gaillard, ramb, tamb), /monkey (tug ), forefoot, forepeak (gavon, pico), frame (costa, cuadern, curv, membr ), /cant (devia ), /filling, /loof, /master, /midship, /square, framework (carcas), futtock (along, braz, forc, genol, scarm, stamen ), gallery/stern (balcon, corredor, galeria, giardino), 2.galley (cucina, focone, scandolar ), gangway (barcariz, corredor, cors, pass, planc), gangway (side-opening) (portalon ), garboard, grating, 1.gripe (at stem), 2.gripe/boat, gunwale, hatch (pan, quart ), hatchway (boccaporta ), hawse-bolster, -hole (escoben, occhio), -piece, -pipe (manica ), head (bec, cap, poulaine ), -rail, -timber, helm-port (timonera ), hold (ampar, botic, cal, par, stiv), /lower (sout ), hull (corp ), keelson (carling, contre-quille, paramezzal ), knee (baccalar, bracciol, curv, curvaton), /cheek, /hanging, /lodging, knee of the head, lacing (cappucin ), ledge (barrotin, latta ), lid, limber-board (parclose ), -hole (anguil, bisce, groera, alleg), longitudinal, loof, loosen (disleg ), lopsided (fals ), luff (lof ), mast-hole (fogon ), paramezzale, parapet, paraschena, partners, peak, pilot-house (timoniera ), port-hole (hublot, port, sabord), posselexe, post (stem-, stern-) (asta, cap, roda), post/inner, prow (prora ), quadr-, quarter (anca, quart ), rail, railing, ram (speron), regula, rider (porc ), room and space, Santa Barbara, scupper (brunal, dalot ), scuttle (boccaport, escotil, romb ), sheathing (doubl, forr ), sheer-molding, shelf (dorm ), side (banda, borda, murata, travers), sill/port (battiport ), skeg (talon ), sola, spirketing, stanchion (puntal, stant ), stealer, steerage (timoneria ), stem (capo, roda ), step/mast (carling, scassa ), stern (cul, krm, poppa), -assembly, -frame (arcas, peto), -knee, -post (asta, capo, roda ), storeroom (compagna, dispensa, pagliol, sotta ), strake (cinta, contoval, fil, soglia, traca ), /bilge, /binding (hiloire ), /black, /limber, /sheer, /thick, stringer (parascosa, scosa, serr ), taffrail (coronament ), tako, tank (tanc ), timber-head (manichet ), top-timber (along, revers, scalma ), tragant, transom (miroir, transtrum ), /deck, /filling, /helmport, /wing (lisse d'hourdi, tragante, yugo principal ), -frame (barr, yugo ), trunk (pozzo ), waist (convers, mezzaria ), wale (cinta ), wash-board (falca ), waterway (trincanil ), weather-cloth (cagnard ), works/lower (opera viva), /upper (opera morta)

Hydrography (incl. sea conditions; see also Topography)

arm (of sea) (brac ), bank (banco ), bar (barra, sec), bay (anc, baia, cal, sen, val ), bed (of ship) (sol ), bottom/sea (fond ), to break, breakers (frang, romp ), canal, channel, clean, coast/surgy, coral, cove (mandrac), current (corrent, fil ), deep (profond ), ebb (eb, jus, riflus ), estuary, flats (plac ), flood-tide (crec, flus, malin, mont ), foul (bottom), gravel (caillou, glar, grav, peiral, sablon ), gulf (golfo ), high seas (alta mare ), high-water (plen mar), mouth (bocca, foce, ostia ), mud (fang, lama, vase ), open sea, rats, 1.reef (abrojos, accor, arrecife, cant, estoc, farraglion, formiche, petr, placa, restinga, roc, scoglio, veglia ), rip-rap, rise (river, tide) (cresc ), roar (surf) (mug ), sand (aren, sabl ), sea (mar, pelag, thalas ), sea (condition), sea (shipped aboard) (colpo ), sea/beam (travers ), /choppy, /confused, /cross (contra ), /heavy (gross ), /hollow, /long (long ), /rough (dur ), /short (cort ), seaweed (alg ), shallows (bass, vad ), shingle, siccus, slack water (stall, stanc ), spindrift, straits (fret, stret), surf (resac ), swell (ola ), tide (marea ), /neap (mort ), /spring (viv ), turn of the tide (camb, revers ), undertow (resac ), wave (lama, ola, onda )

Maintenance (see also Ship-building)

boot-topping, bream (brusc ), careen (banda, caren, lat), careening-outrigger, -place, -pontoon, -tackle, caulk (calafat, calc, stop ), caulking-tools, cement (cimento, stucco ), chinse, dive, doubling (dobl, imbono), fother, furring (romb ), grave (grav ), graving piece (romb ), leak (facere aqua ), mend (mend ), oakum (stoppa ), overhaul (ricorr ), plug (spic, tamp ), raft, repair (addob, astel, concia, ripar ), shipworm (brum ), skid, stage, start (seams), staunch (abbever, combuger, stanc ), stop (a leak) (stanc ), stove (desfond ), stuff (corred, galagala, ploc), tallow (sebum ), to tallow (sevare ), thrum (felp, lard), turpentine (trementin ), varnish (vernice )

Measures

arroba, artab, avoirdupois, bushel, cable-length (cabl, gomen ), canna, carat, crossbow-shot (arbalest, ballest), cubit, fathom (brac , tesa), foot (ped ), goa, inch (pollic ), league (leuca), liter (litra, rotl ), measures, mezzarol, mile (mil ), millarol, mina, modius, oka, ounce (uncia ), pace (passo ), palm (palmo ), pitcher (pichier ), pound (libra ), quintal (qintar ), salma, sextarius, strickle (ras, regula, strik ), ton (tonelata, tunna ), tonnage (stazza, tonelaggio ), yard

Miscellany

breakdown (avaria, panne), chafe, chain (cadena ), check, chest/sea (arc, cassel ), chock, clear (net ), cleat (castagnol, tacco), complete, creak, to dip, downstream (aval ), drag, drown, English loanwords, fender (balon, defens ), fleet (armada, class, flot, navig, stol), flotilla (flotil ), gear, grease (gras ), guess-rope, gull (gavia ), gunpowder (barut ), half (mezz ), handy (maneggiabile), heaving-line, hole (pertus), to house (breton ), kettle (caldaria, pariolum ), lash (ghin, trinc, leg ), lexicographical pitfalls, lock (esclus ), made-up (counterfeit ), mat (natt, pagliet, stuora ), number, opa!, order (ordin ), overseas (oltremar ), propellor (helic ), retreat (retir ), ring (anel ), safety (salv, segur ), screw (torn, vit ), screw-jack, to secure (amarr, segur ), signal (segnal ), single, to slip, spare (ricamb, rispet), spile (spicul ), spindle(anima, mech ), steel (aciero ), stop! , sure (sicur ), survey (visit ), tarp (incerato ), trial (prova ), tub (baia, charnier, mastel, tina ), turn (gir, vir ), upright, valve (valva ), wheel (rota ), wind (v.tr.) (corda )

Navigation & Piloting (see also Ship-handling)

astrolabe, awake (vel ), awash (flor ), bearings, berth/safe, binnacle (chiesola, habitaculum), box (the compass), buoy (balise, boya, gavitel, sema), chart (carta ), 1.compass (bussol, compas), 2.compass (compas ), -needle (calamit, aguglia), course (camin, cors, derotta, dromo, rotta ), cross-staff (arbalest, balest, fleche ), dead-reckoning (estim, fantas ), disorient, engulf, hour-glass (ampol, minut, sabl), isba, kamal, knot (nod ), lead (plomb, scandal, sonda ), log (barc, loc ), log-book (journal, quadern ), -line, -reel, low-water (bass mar ), mark (amer, marca ), mirage (mira ), navigation, noon (mezzodi ), pelorus, point (of compass) (quart, romb ), /half (mezza quarta), point (on chart) (punt ), portolano, rose/compass (rosa ), run/day's (singla ), rutter (routier ), to sound (plumb, scandal, sond), soundings, traverse-board, waters (paraje ), whitecap, windlipper (capre, mouton )

People (incl. personal gear)

admiral (amir al-, capitano generale), agent (agente, factor), alier, al-wazir, bailo, barba, barbarian, boatman, boatswain (barc, bosman, contramastro, nostrom), boss (capo, patron ), bow-man (proer ), boy (fadrin, garcon, grum, mozo, muchacho), broker (sensal ), brothel (bordel ), cap (berret ), captain (capitan, postic, ra'is), carpenter (carpent, fust, legn, marangon ), caulker (calafat ), cloak (burnus, capot, feryul, schiavin), clothing (arbaggio ), coat (gaban, saltambarca ), comito, consul (consol ), cook, cooper (baril, bott, ton ), cot (cadre ), counsellor, coxswain, crew (equip ), /galley (ciurma ), diver (merg , submerg ), dragoman (targuman), easterner (levantin ), fisherman (pescator ), foreman (proto ), Frank, guardian, guilds, hammock (branda, hamac ), harbor-master (capitano di porto ), hat (scuffia ), helmsman (timoner ), interpreter (interpret ), joiner, kid (gamel, gavet, vernegal ), lascar, leventi, longshoreman, lookout (vel ), lubber ("rope-hauler"), mariuolo, master (magister ), mate (& see scribe) (second ), mattress (strapunt ), merchant (emporos, mercante ), mess (rancho ), -can (bidon ), nauclerus, notary, officers, owner (armator ), packer (imballator ), patron, penese, pilot (locman, pilot , practico ), pirate (bandit, corsar, filibust, pirat, robator), porter (bast, camal, fachino, portator), quartermaster, rancho, ration (ratio ), remolar, rigger (armator ), Roger of Loria, roll (rol ), ropemaker (cordaro, funar ), 2.runner (corr ), sail-maker (velaro ), saracen, scribe (grammat, scriv ), seaman (marin, matelot, naut ), seasick (mareg ), share-holder (action, part ), ship-keeper (guardian ), shipper (cargador, fret, loc ), shipwright (carpint, construc, mastro d'ascia, naupeg), shirt/tar (vareuse ), sign on (engage ), slave (slav ), /galley (forzat, fustar, galeotto, morlac ), sotto, stern-man (popel ), stevedore (arrimeur, cargador, stivator), steward (camerotto, dispensiere, majordomo), supercargo, supersaliens, tavern (taverna ), third mate (terz ), topman (gabbiere ), translator, turner (torn ), watch, watch and watch, westerner (ponentino ), Zaccaria

Pidgin

cider, fora, Frank, good, know (sabir ), Lingua Franca, merchandise (mercanzia ), roba, small (pitzin ), take (piglia )

Placenames

Candia, Cos, Fraxinetum, Kaisareia, Lepanto, Mediterranean, Morea, Roma, la Tana, Trebizond, Venice

Port Facilities

bed (of ship), berth, breakwater, bridge (pont ), catabolum, cove (mandrac ), crane (gru , pesc), dock (bacino, dars, dok, form), dredge (drag ), fondaco, gate (port ), granary (granar, horreum), Kaisareia, lazaret, light (fano, faro, menar ), loading place (cargador ), magazine (makhsan), mole (molo ), piling (palafit, pil ), port (haven, porto, stanza ), quay (moraggio, quai ), scala (grad ), shack (barraca ), sheers (biga, cabra, machin ), silo (silo ), stapula, station

Position/Direction (see also Wind)

abaft, abeam (travers), aboard, abreast, across, across from, aft, ahead (avant ), aloft (arriva), along (long ), alongside, amidships, astern (pop ), athwart (travers ), athwart-hawse, beam (travers), before, below, bow/on the, downstream (aval ), east (est, levant, orient), fore and aft, forward (avant ), lee (poggia, socaire, sottovento ), north (nort ), northeast (nordest ), northwest (nordouest ), off (al largo ), orza, overboard, poggia, portside (babord, orza), south (austro, mezzogiorno, not, sud ), southeast (sudest ), southwest (sudouest ), starboard (dritt, tribord), from stem to stern, upstream (amont ), west (occident, ouest, ponent ), windward (barlovent, orza, sopravent)

Provisions

beans (fab ), beverages, biscuit (biscot, gallet, mazzamurro, paksimat), bottle (bocal, botel), brine (salm ), cider (sicera ), coop, provisions (compagna, provis, viandes, victual, vivres), rice, salthorse (salat ), stockfish (bacalao, stockfisch), water (acquata, cisterna ), wood/fire (legna )

Rigging (see also Shiphandling)

amain, backstay (galhauban, paratonos, pateras), backstay-stool, becket, belay, boatswain's chair (bals ), bobstay (barb ), bowline (bolina ), bowse (palanc, sall ), brace (braccio ), /preventer (contrabrac ), to brace (bracciare ), brail (brogl, candal, carg, mezzanin, sting ), brail up (carg ), bridle (brigl ), /bowline (patta ), /towing (braga), bull's-eye, buntline (carg, mezz), burro, candelette, cappuccio, cat-harpings (treling ), cat-hole, chafe, chains (cadena, landa), chainwale (parasart ), chock-a-block, to clew, -downhaul, -line (caricabugna ), collar (of stay), crow's foot (patta ), deadeye (bigot, moc, mouton ), dipping-line (carghet ), double/on the (roman ), downhaul (cargabas, carghera ), eye (mapa, gang ), fid, -hole, fit out (appar, arm, equip, gre, red , footrope (of yard) (marciapied , passador), forestay (prodan ), foul (rope), frap (strangol ), futtock-shrouds (gamb, regula ), -staff, gammoning (leg, trinc ), girtline, guy (ghi, vento, reten ), halyard (driz, ghindas, flonc, gionco, isson, mandar, stris, sust, vet ), /flag (sagola ), /gaff-sail, hand-over-hand (man mano ), handsomely, haul (cover, hal, saglia, tir), haul down (afala ), haul in (intrare ), haul taut (appoggia, abrac, bord, cazzare ), hoist (alz, ghind, iss, lev ), hold fast (agguant ), to jam (mord ), jeer, jerk (saccad ), jury, keckling (badern, fourr ), lanyard (collator, corrid, filador, rid ), lateen (latin ), lead (a rope) (conduc ), leech-line (cargue-bouline ), let go! (in bando ), lift/yard (amantil ), /boom (cordonier ), lizard, lower (abass, ammain, arria, cala ), man-rope, martingale, martnet, masthead rigging (incappellatura ), rig the masthead (incappellare ), mast-rope (baticul, cap buon, ghind ), morganal, mouton, moustache, orza, overhaul (rigging) (ripass ), parrel (anchin, racament, tross ), -rib (bigot ), -rope (bastard ), -tackle (anchin ), -truck, passarin, pateraz, to pay out (filar ), pendant (bragot, brazza, colon, pend ), /masthead, poggia, preventer (contra ), pull (toca ), ratline (flech ), ride down, rigging (arm, guarn, manovre, red, sartia ), /running (corrent, labor, servizi ), /standing (dorm ), 1.runner (amant ), set up (rid ), shackle (manille ), sheave-hole (clan, incorn ), sheer-batten, sheet (scot ), -hole, sheet home, shroud (coster, hauban, sartia ), /after (poppese ), /preventer (quinal ), -tackles (ternal, quarnal, quinal, senal ), slab-line, slack (bando, caloma, larg, lasc, mol ), slacken (cal, caloma, fil, larg, lasc, mol ), slack off (dar salto), sling (of yard) (bozza ), snake, sosta, span (braga ), spilling-line, square-rigged (quadr ), square the yards, stay (estai, nerv, stralio ), /jack (guardavela, nerv ), /spring (maroquin ), /staysail (draglio ), sway up (ghind ), swig up (tarc ), swivel, tack (amura, contra, coyt ), tally, taut (fermo, rigido, tens ), thimble (radancia ), tighten (soc, tend ), timenoguy, tiramola, together! (insieme, una ), toggle (burel, cazonete, coccinello, quinconneau ), tombar, topping-lift, tragula, traveller, to trice (lev, tross ), tricing-line (cappuccin ), turn (of rope) (volt ), tye (amant, itague ), -block (clan ), vang (aple, orza, osta, sosta ), woolding (roust )

Ropes

barbet, bend (ajust, entaling ), /carrick, /sheet, bight, breaking-point, cable (calabr, capulum, flisc), cable-laid (grelin, tort ), cablet (gumenet ), cable-tier, hawser (alzan, estach, estrinc, guardian, guindalet, gumen, haucier, kalos, lanzan, maroma, palamar, tortiz), /white (cavo piano, franc-funin ), hawser-laid, painter (barbeta, bossa, paroma ), paloma, parcel, rope (cap, cima, cord, fil, fun, greling, kalos, leg, liban, mussell, rest, sagliafora, soca, sord, spart ), /bow, /breast (travers ), /hand (andrivel, cartahu, va-et-vient ), /head(of net) (sardon), /headfast (prodes, proves ), /shorefast (amarr, cap de poste, ormeg ), /sternfast (poppa ), /tow (remulc), /track, /warp (toa, tonneggio ), selvagee (sbirro ), serve (fasc, fourr ), sling (braga, sbirro, sling ), stopper (barbaressa, bozza, stopper ), strop (ersa, frenel, paroma, strop ), worm

Sails

artemo, ave Maria, batten, bend (enverg, fer), bolt-rope (gratil, raling, empalm), bonnet, bunt (fond ), canvas (cannabis ), clew (bugna ), course (bas ), cringle, crossjack, drop, earing (boros, empoint, matafion), eyelet, flap, foot (bord, fond ), footrope (of sail), fore-and-aft sail (auric ), foresail (bours, dolon, misaine, trinchet ), full (plen ), full and by (presso e pieno ), furl (serr ), gasket (gassetta ), giz, grommet, head, headrope, hoist (ghind ), jib (floc), /flying (clin-foc), /inner, /middle, /outer, /standing, jigger (baticul, contramezzana, epidrom ), kalos, lace (bouton, lac ), leech (cadut, enarm, gratil ), -rope (gratil, raling ), lining, luff, lugsail (tarc), main (maestra ), matafion, mizzen (medianus ), papafigo, 2.reef (muda, ris, terzarol ), -band (binda ), -line, -points (matafion ), roach, roband (matafion, raban ), royal, sail(vel ), /large (maggior ), /lateen (bastard, borda, marabout, terzarolo, velon ), sail/lateen-parts (antenal, fil, grat, pen, volum ), /storm (cap, temp, treo ), to sail (sigla, vel), sail-cloth (fers, lon, pan ), sails (giuoco, vel ), shake out a reef (larg, mol ), skysail, spanker (brigantine, randa ), 1.spritsail (cebadera ), 2.spritsail (abanic, livard, saccolev, tarc ), staysail (vela di straglio ), /fore (trinchet ), /fore-topmast (trinchettin ), /upper (stragliera ), stitch (punt ), studding-sail (coltelaccio , scopamar), tabling (guaina ), tack (car, mur ), topgallant sail (papafigo, velaccio ), topsail (gavia, hunier), /gaff (fleche ), /mizzen (contramezzana ), /spritsail (contracebadera ), trim (allure, anda, orient), trysail, unfurl (spiegare ), yard-rope

Ship-building (see also Fasteners, Hull & Deck Parts, Maintenance)

arsenal (dar-as-sina'a ), astella, batten/molding, beam (breadth) (boc, larg ), bevel, blocks/stock, board (matera, tabla), boards, breadth/extreme (escora, larg ), build (construct ), butt, buttock, camber, carvel-work, caulk (calafat, calc, stop ), chalk (gis ), chamfer, to clinch (riv ), clinker-built, coak, costs, cradle (bas ), cross-log, -piece (travers, tres ), -plank (parador ), cut down (rabas ), cutting-down line, depth of hold (pontal ), displacement, dogshore, dovetail, dowel, dub, fasten, filling, fir, form, freeboard, grained/cross, joint (comment, costur, junt, sembl ), keel (caren, colomb, primo, quille , trop), -assembly, /false, keelson, 2.knot (nod ), /reef, larch, launch (var ), launching, -tackle, -wedge, length (long, lora), lignum vitae (legno santo ), measure (arc, jauge, stazza ), member (cont, lig ), mold (garbo, model ), -loft (salle ), molding, mortise, naval stores, oak (robur ), oakum (stoppa ), packing, to pay (alcohol, brayer, pegar ), pinewood (taeda ), pitch (bitumen, brai, galipot, malt, pece, pegola ), /bastard (gras ), /black (sec ), /naval (naval, zopissa ), -kettle (pegoliero, perol ), -works (picaria ), plank (ciappa, tabla ), /gang (planca ), planking (bord, tabla ), planksheer, plate (lama ), pledget (of oakum), plumb-line (plomb ), poplar, poppet (colon, sifut ), rabbet (rebat ), rake (lanzamento ), ribband/framing (form, liss ), /launching, rising (accul, stella), -line, -wood (contra-carena ), roller (palanc, rol ), rosin (colofon, rag, resin ), sapwood (albur ), scantling (scandal ), scarf (parel, scarp ), seam (see joint), seating, sheer (lun ), shipbuilding (construc ), shipyard (astil, cantier), shore (prop) (appui, bord, escor, puntel, stil ), /skeg (poulain ), shore up (accor, apuntel ), siding, sirmark, sleeper, slip-way (cal, grada, scal ), to smear (palmar ), 2.spreader (scontro ), steeve (stiv ), stocks (squero ), stop-water, tar (cedria, pece liquida, quitran ), tar/make, to tar (alquitranar ), -bucket, -ladle (cucchiara), -mop (lanata ), -trough (desca ), tenon, timber, /compass (volt ), /construction (fusta, legname, madera ), tumble-home (reintrata ), 2.warp, water-line (linea ), ways/launching (anguil, basa, coulis ), wedge (cun )

Ship-handling (see also Belaying Devices, Navigation, Rigging, Winds)

aback (faccia, sopra), adrift, /come, afloat (flot ), against the wind, aground (secco), /run (incaglia, assec), ahull (sec ), alongside (abord, acost, atrac, barl, prolong), answer, apeak (pic ), approachable (abord ), arrive (arriv, applica), atrip (coc ), avast (basta, ferma, orte ), aye-aye!, back and fill, back down (cul ), back water (sciare ), backwater turn (sciavoga ), bail, ballast (last, saburra), to ballast (last, saburra), bare poles/under, to beach, beam-ends/on her, bear up (mol, poggia, port), beat, becalm, before the wind, beneaped, bending (camb, curv ), berth/safe, to board (abord, arramb, invest), boatswain's pipe (fisc, siffl), botar, box haul, boxing off (capello, ruba ), broach to (capil ), capsize (batt, sobr ), cast, cast off (larg, lasc, mol ), change (cangia), chapel, clear (franc ), clear for action!, close-hauled (bolina, orza), to coast (cabot, cost, prolong ), coasting, collo, command, convoy (conserv, convoy ), crank, crowd sail (forza), cruise (cruciare ), deballast (delast, desabur ), depart (part ), departure/point of (coll ), dip (bisdos, cambiar ), double a cape (camp, cavezar, dobl, mont), down by the head (appro, cabuz ), down by the stern (appop ), draft (cal, pesc, tir ), -mark, draw (sails), draw (water) (cal, pesc, tir ), drift (deriv ), embay, fall off (abat, afal, arriv , deriv ), fetch way (gioco ), fill (port, serv ), flatten in, float (flot, notare ), frap, to free (franc, stanc ), griping (ardent, orz ), to hail (clama ), handle (maneggia ), hard-alee! (lof, orza ), -aweather! (poggia ), hard over! (alla banda, tout ), haul the wind, head for (prod ), heave to (capa, facha, pairo, pan, travers ), to heel, helm down! (sottovento ), hog (arc ), hug (serr ), jibe (treluc), kentledge (junc, quintal ), labor (fatig, labor, traval), to land (abord ), land/make (aterr, recal, recon ), to lay up, lee/bring by the (lua ), -side, -way (abat, deriv ), /make, let go and haul! (tiramol ), lie to, list (band ), luff (lof , orza ), to luff, mainsail haul!, to man (amarin, ciurma, equip ), maneuver (maneggia, manovra ), meet her!, navigate (navicare ), off and on (fuori, terra ), offing (larg), orza, overhaul (a ship) (gain ), parting shot, pass the word (passa parola ), person-to-person (mano in mano ), to pitch, play (gioco ), ply (bord ), plyer (bolinier ), poggia, to point (punt ), to poop (accul ), port/make, 1.post (post ), push off (allarg ), put back (poggia ), put in (relax ), ready (lest ), ready about!, to reef, reefed/close, to right (helm, vessel) (drizz ), to rock (brand ), roll (rol ), round in (embrag ), rouse (rons, soc ), to run (corr, fugir ), sag, to scuttle (romb, sabord), sea-room, to secure (amarr, segur ), seize (agul, amarr, boss, leg, sais, trinc ), seizing (croce, portuga ), set sail (col ), sew, sheer off, shelter (aprico, ridos, ripar, socair ), shift (yard) (capeggiar ), shift (ship ), shipwreck (naufrag, travers, varech ), shiver (batt, fil, flam ), shove off! (avara ), shudder, sink (fond, pic ), to speak (parlament ), spill (devent ), stability, stand by, in stays, stays/miss (falt, manc, refus ), steady! (via ), steer (govern ), to stem (stall ), stiff, tack (bord, volt ), to tack (bord, camb, vir, volt ), haul tacks aboard (amurar, bord ), tender (geloso ), touch (bottom, land, soundings, the wind) (toca ), tow (rimorc, toa, trail, train ), in tow (dar/tener capo, train ), to track, trim (assett ), trumpet/speaking (tromba ), to try (treo ), under way (in rotto ), get under way (abbrivar ), unmoor (desaforc, desamar, disormeg ), up tacks and sheets!, vane (pennell), veer/wear (vir ), veer and haul, wake, watch (guard, quart, vel ), /dog (guaita ), watch out! (guarda ), watch out below! (guarda basso), wave/bow, way (camin, erre ), /head, /stern, weather-side, wing and wing, yaw (embard, ghinata)

Small Stuff

fox, hambroline, houseline (lusin ), marl, marline (merlin ), nettle, ratline-stuff (quarantenier), round-line, sennit (mussell, salmastra, tress, trinel ), small-stuff, stop, string (spago ), twine (fil, spago ), /sail (fil, palomar )

Spars

boom (bom, baston, buttafora), /jib (baston), boomkin, booms, bowsprit, -bees, -pillow, cap/mast (testa di moro ), careening-outrigger, cheeks, crossjack-yard (fogo ), crosstree (crocet, travers ), dolphin-striker, fid/mast (clav, cacciacaval ), fish/mast (jumel, lapaz ), foremast (trinchet ), gaff (corn, gui, pic ), -jaw, giz, heel (cogion, ped ), hounds (hun ), lubber-hole (cat-hole ), luff (lof ), mast (arbor, katart, mast ), /lower (colomba ), /made, /pole (pippolo ), /singletree, to mast (arborar, mastar ), masthead (carches, colombier, ton, top, varea ), mizzen (medianus ), octave, outrigger (arcboutant), peak, to peak, pole (cont, fleche, pert, spiga ), rough (brut ), skysail-pole (lanza ), spar (percha ), spindle (anima, mech ), 1.spreader (boute-, porte-lof ), to spring (consent, fend, rend ), sprit (livard ), staff (asta ), to step, top (coffa, gabbia, guerite, hune ), to top up (pic ), topgallant mast (alberetto ), topmast (mastelero ), trestle-tree (barr ), truck/mast (pomo ), yard (antenna, verga ), -butt (carro ), -peak (penna ), -slings (crux ), yardarm (pen ), zonta

Tackle (see also Anchoring)

apparel (apparel ), awning (tent, told ), belfry (belf, campan ), bell (campan ), block (bozzello, makara, mazzapret, moton, polea, taglia), /cheek, /clump, /fiddle, /gin, /leading, /snatch (pastec ), block-becket, -bushing (tampan ), -cheek, -maker, -pin (pern ), -score, -sheavehole, -shell, -strap,-swallows, boom/riding, capstan (argan, cabestrante, ergat), crane (gru ), davit, ensign (alfer ), fall (of tackle) (garant, mena, tirant, vet ), fish (anchor), flag (bander, pavaillon, sancak), to fleet, grappling iron, gudgeon (femell ), helm, jigger-tackle, ladder (scala, scaler ), /Jacob's, lantern (lantern ), overhaul (a tackle), overturn (capeggiare ), parbuckle (cercina, lentia, tiravira ), part (of tackle), pennant (flam ), pintle (agugl, male ), pulley (carruc, polidia, rot, trochlea ), pump (antlia, pomp, tromb ), -gutter (dal ), -handle (brimbal ), -well (arca-pompa ), reeve (pass ), rolling tackle, rudder (govern, timon ), /sternpost (timon bayon ), -blade (azafran ), -irons (ferr ), -pendant (braga ), -stock (mech ), Spanish windlass (tresil ), standard (flag) (standart ), tackle (andrivel, appareil, argagno, caliorn, campan, candelet, frascon, mant, moufle, palanc, palanquin, quarnal, senal, sord, taille ), /hauling part (libre, men, tirant ), /standing part (dorm, mort, ricavo ), tiller (bar, oiakion, timonera ), -rope (trozza ), trestle (cavalet ), unreeve (dispassare ), whipstaff (manuel, pinzote ), winch, -barrel (tamburo ), windlass (ghind, molin, verruchio )

Tools (see also Maintenance, Ship-building)

adze, awl (lesina ), ax (ascia, dolar, manar, pic, securi), bar (barra ), broom (scop ), brush (bross, pincel ), bucket (bail, buttula, cup, caldaria, situla), caulking-tools, chisel (cisel, ferm, gubia, scalp), crowbar (capra, porc ), draw-knife (plan ), drill (for, pertus, taratrum, trepan, verr, villebrequin), fid/splicing (borel ), file (lima ), funnel (imbut ), gaff (gaffa ), hammer (maglia, manar, martel, mazza, mazzol, varea), handle (manovella), handspike (espec ), hatchet, hook (gancio ), /boat, to hook (croch, ferr, gaff, ganch), hose (manica ), jack (cric, grill, verr ), knife/jack, lever, marlinespike (cavil, epissoir, pasador ), mop, needle/net, /sail (aguglia ), palm/sailmaker's (guardaman, palm ), pickaxe (makele ), plane (plania ), punch (punzon ), rasp (raspa ), roller (palanc, rol), saw (sec, ser ), /pad (segas ), scoop (sass, scop ), scraper (grat, rasc ), shovel (pala ), skeet, square (cart, quadr ), swab (lap, papaz )

Topography (see also Hydrography)

beach (plagia), beaching-place, cape (cap ), coast (costa, marina, riva), ford (vad ), headland, island, landing-place (disbarc, imbarc ), mainland, 1.point (punt ), river (flum, rio, river ), road (strata ), rock (roc, sax ), saltworks (salina ), shore ( grav, lido, ora, prod ), /steep (accor, cantil, pic ), /toward (amont ), steep, terra firma, village (casal )

Vessel types

advice-boat, argosy (ragusa ), balam, ballast-lighter, barca canterii, barcaccia, barca longa, barge (bargia, gabarr ), /fishing (bragoz ), bark (barca ), bertone, bilander, boat (bat), brigantine, buss (buc, burc ), caique, caramousal, caravel, carrack, cat, caupulus, chelandion, coast-guard (guarda-costa ), cog (cocca ), condura, corvette, dromon, felucca, ferry (peram, tragit), fire-ship (brulot ), flag-ship (capitan ), flute, frigate, fusta, galiot, galleass, galleon, 1.galley (bastard, capitana, galea, katergon, real), gondola, grip, griparion , hooker, horse-transport (tafur, ustiarius), hulk (urca ), jerm, karabo, karamusal, ketch, kombarion, laud, launch, lembus, lighter (alleg ), lugger, lunter, mahone (ma'un ), marticana, mistico, packet-boat, pair-trawler (bol, paranza ), palandra, panfilo, panzonus, patache, patrona, pilot-boat, pink, pinnace, plata, polacca, pontoon, punt, raft, sagitta, saic, sambuk, sandal, schooner (golet ), scow, ship (barc, bastiment, buque, germ, legn, nav, navig, ploion, safin ), skiff (parascalmo, scaf, schifo), sloop, smack, snow, steamer (vapor ), tarette (tarida ), tartan (tartana ), trabaccolo, tug (rimorchiatore ), vessel (vascello ), whaler (baleniera ), xebec, yawl, zabra

Wind & Weather (see also Position)

aback (faccia, sopra ), to back, bad (cativ ), before the wind, blow (vent ), bonanza, breeze (bris ), /land, /sea (imbat ), calm (calm, makar ), cross-wind (travers ), down wind, etesian, fog (brum ), fresh (fresc ), gust (colpo, fugada, rach, raf, ventata ), haul forward (rifus, scars ), head-wind, large wind (larg, lasc, osta ), leading wind (portant ), light (leger ), lightning (claire, lamp ), moderate (maneggiabile ), monsoon, orza, poggia, provenza, quarter wind (quart ), reach, rise (wind) (cresc ), roar (wind) (mug ), scant (scars ), shift (contrast, gir, rol, salt ), squall (borrasc, grop, nodo, piovasco, rovesc ), storm (fortuna, temp, thalas, torment ), tail-wind, traverse-wind (travers ), veer (vir ), veer aft, viraçao, waterspout (sifon, tromba ), weather (temp ), whirlwind (remolin, tourbillon ), whistle (wind), wind (vent, colla, orage, vendaval ), /N (borea, cercius, tramontana ), /NNE (prodrom ), /NE (greco ), /E (levant ), /SE (scirocco ), /S (austro, noto ), /SW (africo, garbin, lebeccio ), /W (ponent ), /NW (maestral ), wind-direction (filo )