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Spueing the oakum
| Глоссарий морской лексики и терминологии (английский язык) |
When the ship`s labouring forces the caulking out of her seams.
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Spunge, английский
- A cylindrical block of wood covered with sheepskin, used to clean the interior of a gun after firing, and to extinguish any sparks that may remain behind. the rope-sponge, fixed on a strong rope instead of a staff, has a rammer-head on its opposite end: it is used for service with lower-deck guns in bad weather when the ports cannot be opened except at moments for firing.
- [1] a pole-mounted wooden cylinder wrapped in lambswool or rags (also sponge). [2] to dampen such a cylinder and use it to clean out the bore of a muzzle-loading cannon extinguishing any remaining sparks.
Spread eagle, английский
A person seized in the rigging; generally a passenger thus made to pay his entrance forfeit.
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