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Leeches
| Глоссарий морской лексики и терминологии (английский язык) |
The borders or edges of a sail, which are either sloping or perpendicular; those of the square sails are denominated from the ship`s side, as the starboard-leech of the main-sail, &c.; but the sails which are fixed obliquely on the masts have their leeches named from their situation with regard to the ship`s length, as the hoist or luff, or fore-leech of the mizen, the after-leech of the jib, &c.
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Perpendicular, английский
- Перпендикуляр; перпендикулярный
- A right line falling from or standing upon another vertically, and making the angle of 90° on both sides.
- Перпендикуляр
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Leewardly, английский
Said of a ship or vessel which presents so little resistance to the water, when on a wind, as to bag away to leeward. it is the contrary to weatherly.
Ledo, английский
A barbarous latin law-term (ledo—onis) for the rising water, or increase of the sea.
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