Cat's Paw. A light puff of wind.

Calk. To make tight the seams of a vessel.

Clew. To bind up.

Clew Lines. Ropes for clewing.

Combings. The raised edges around the hatches.

Cock Pit. A room for wounded men in a war vessel.
Companionway. The cabin stairway.

Compass. An instrument showing the vessel's course.

Coxswain. The steerer of a small boat.

Deadlight. An iron shutter covering a port hole.

Dead Reckoning. The keeping the course of a vessel with the use of log line and compass.

Deck. Covering or floor to a ship.

Draught. The depth of water required to float a vessel.

Fathom. Six feet.

Fender. A piece of wood or other material to prevent the contact of two vessels.

Footrope. A rope extending along and under a yard on which the seamen stand.

Fore and aft. From bow to stern.

Forecastle. That part forward of the foremast.

Foremast. Mast nearest the bow.

Forge. To move slowly ahead.

Founder. To sink.

Furl. To roll up.

Gaff. The upper spar holding up a fore and aft sail.
Galley. The kitchen.

Gangway. An entrance to a ship.

Grapnel. A small anchor.

Halyards. Ropes for hoisting sails.

Hatch or Hatchway. An opening in the deck.

Heave to.

To stop by bringing a ship's bow to the wind.

Hold. The interior of a vessel.

Hull. The body only of a vessel.

Jaw.

The mast end of a boom or gaff.

Jib. A triangular sail at the bow.

Jurymast. A temporary mast.

Jibe. To shift a sail from one side to the other.

Keel. The lowest timber in ship.

Knot. A nautical mile, equals 1.151 miles, or 6,082.66 feet. Larboard. The left hand of a ship looking toward the bow.

Launch. To let a ship slide into the water.

Lead. A mass of lead used in sounding.

Lee. Away from the wind.

Leeway. The lee motion or space of water.
Locker. A chest or box.

Log or Logline. Rope used for measuring speed of a vessel.
Log or Logbook. The ship's record or diary.

Luff. To bring a ship nearer to the wind.

Maurope. A rope used in going up or down the ship's side.
Mast.

An upright piece of timber set in a ship for supporting sails, rigging, etc.

Masthead. Head or top of a mast.

Mess. A number of men eating together.

Midships. The middle, or widest part of a ship.

Nip. A short turn, as in a rope.

Mizzenmast, Mizzensail. The hindmost when there are three. Moor. To secure a ship in any position.

Nautical Mile. 6,080 feet, or one geographical mile and 800 feet. Painter. A rope used to secure a boat to anything.

Pay Out. To slacken or give out, as to pay out a rope.

Peak. The upper and outer corner of a boom sail.

Pintle. The bolt on which a rudder is hung.

Port. The same as larboard.

Port or Porthole. An opening in the ship's side to admit light and air.

Quarter. The stern portion of a ship's side.

Rake. The inclination of a mast.

Reef. A portion of the sail which is clewed up when the wind is too high to expose the whole.

Reef. To take up such a portion.

Keeve.

To pass the end of a rope through a pulley, etc. Rigging. A term applied generally to a vessel's ropes, etc. Road. An open space of water where ships may anchor.

Rowlock. Arrangement for giving purchase to oar in rowing. Rudder. The contrivance which steers a vessel.

Scud. To sail before a heavy wind or gale.

Sail. The sheet of canvas which is exposed to the wind and gives

motion to the vessel.

Seams. Where a ship's planks join.

Sheet. A rope for controlling and moving a sail.

Shore. A prop under a beam.

Skipper. The name given generally to the master of a small

vessel.

Sloop. A vessel with but one mast.

Sound. To ascertain the depth of the water.

Spar. A name applied to a mast, boom, gaff, yard, etc.

Stern. Rear portion of vessel.

Stay. A rope supporting or keeping in place a mast.

Tack. To go against the wind in a zigzag course, and to change a ship's course by shifting her rudder and sails.

Taut. Tight.

Thwarts. A boat's seats.

Tiller. A bar for moving a rudder.

Trick. A sailor's duration of time in steering.

Warp. To move a vessel by a line fastened at the end to an anchor.

Watch. A portion of the time for duty.

Wake. The track left in the water by a moving vessel.

Weather. Toward the wind.

Weigh Anchor. To raise the anchor.

Waist. That portion of the deck between the quarter-deck and forecastle.

Windlass. A machine for raising the anchor or cargo.

Windward. The point from whence the wind blows.
Yacht. A sailing vessel used for pleasure.

Yard. A spar supporting and extending a sail.

Yardarm.

Either half of a yard.

Yaw. A movement causing a temporary change of course.

NAUTICAL CONUNDRUMS.

Why is furling a ship's canvas like a mock auction? Because it is a taking in sale.

What are the most difficult ships to conquer? Hardships.

With whom do the mermaids flirt? With the swells of the ocean.

Why is an invalid cured by a sea voyage like a confined criminal? Because he is sea-cured.

What proves sailors to be very careless? They are in a "mess" every day at sea.

When is a steamship not a steamship? When she is a building.

When may a ship at sea be said to be not on water? When she is on fire.

When is a good steamship like a jack-tar in prison? When she is a fast sailer.

What colors are the waves and winds? "The waves rose and the winds blew."

When is a pretty girl like a ship? When she is attached to a buoy.

When is a sailor not a sailor? When he is a-board. Why is a steamer at sea like the letter t? It is in th midst of water.

Why is an iceberg sailing away—

From the Arctic regions receding,

Like a man who will borrow what he cannot pay?
You'll find each is a cool proceeding.

What ship carries more passengers than any other? Court-ship.

Why is a fast young lady like a steamer? There is always a swell after her.

If your sister fell overboard, why could not her brother

rescue her? He couldn't be a brother and as-sist-her too.

When is a steamer like a diamond pin? When it is on the bosom of a heavy swell.

What fish has its eyes nearest together? The smallest one.

When is a lady passenger like a whale? When she is pouting.

When is a gentleman passenger like a whale? When he is blowing.

When is a fruit-stalk like a strong swimmer? it stems currents.

When

What is a man like who is in the middle of the Hudson river and can't swim? Like to be drowned.

What is the difference between a new sponge and a fashionable man? If you wet one it makes it swell, but if you wet the other it takes all the swell out of him.

Zephyrs gently blowing is one thing, Zephyrs blowing confoundedly hard is another; which leads us to ask why, when you are out in a boat you should never be surprised by a sudden squall? Because if you go for a sale, you may expect to be sold!

Why are convicts like old maids going to be married? Because they go off in transports.

What two ages often prove illusory? Mir-age and marriage.

When were there only two vowels? In the days of No-a, before U and I were born.

Where did Noah strike the first nail in the ark? On the head.

What was the difference between Noah's ark and Joan of Arc? One was made of wood, the other was Maid of Orleans.

A man bought two fishes, but on found he had three; how was this? one smelt.

taking them home He had two-and

What would a dolphin in a sentry-box look like? A fish out of water.

Tell us in what does a water-lily resemble a whale? Why, have they not both come up to blow?

How did Jonah exhibit his feelings when he was swal

lowed by the whale? He was down in the mouth, and went to blubber.

What part of a fish weighs most? The scales.

Of what religious persuasion-if any-is the sea? A Quaker; for has it not a broad brim?

What part of a fish is like the end of a book? The fin-is.

What is the difference between an auction and seasickness? One is a sale of effects, the other the effects of a sail.

What's the difference between "living in marble halls" and aboard ship? In the former you have "vassals and serfs at your side," and in (what the Greeks call thalatta) the latter you have vessels and surfs at your side.

If all the seas were dried up, what would Neptune y? I really haven't an ocean (a notion).

say

Why is a man looking for the philosopher's stone like Neptune? Because he's a sea-king that which never

was.

Why is a steward like a race-horse? Because he runs for cups, and plates, and steaks (stakes).

Why ought a seasick man to wear a plaid waistcoat? To keep a check on his stomach.

Why is a young man about to marry like a person sailing for France? Because he's going to Havre (have her).

Why is a ship like a woman? Because she is often tender to a man-of-war; often running after a smack; often attached to a great buoy; and frequently making up to a pier.

Why is a very demure young lady like a steam-packet? Because she pays no attention to the swells that follow her.

Why are married men like steamboats? are subject to get blown up occasionally.

Because they

Why do the recriminations of married couples resemble the sound of waves on the shore? Because they are murmurs of the tide (tied).

If a man and his wife go to Europe together, what is the difference in their mode of traveling? He goes abroad and she goes along.