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Catascopia
| Глоссарий морской лексики и терминологии (английский язык) |
Small vessels anciently used for reconnoitring and carrying despatches.
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Reconnoitring, английский
Sailing within gun-shot of an enemy`s port to ascertain his strength and capabilities for offence and defence. also, a rapid examination of coasts and countries, for correcting the defects of many previous maps and charts.
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Catch a crab, английский
- In rowing, when an oar gets so far beneath the surface of the water, that the rower cannot recover it in time to prevent his being knocked backwards.
- To dig an oar so deeply into the water that the rower cannot recover it quickly enough to avoid being knocked over backward by the boat’s momentum. catch a turn!: command to belay rapidly for temporary holding. cat-davit: a device used to swing an anchor to the cathead. see cat purchase.
Catanadromi, английский
Migratory fishes, which have their stated times of going from fresh-water to salt and returning, as the salmon, &c.
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