Dictionary of Nautical Words and Terms

This book has been compiled to embody, in one volume, the words and terms that are, or have been, used by seamen in connection with their work. It deals with navigation, seamanship, rigging, meteorology, astronomy, naval architecture, ship economics, hydrography, cargo stowage, marine engineering, ice terminology, buoyage and other nautical matters. There are over 8,000 definitions covering many centuries of navigation and seamanship. Every endeavor has been made to extend the scope of the book through as wide a range of nautical subjects as would be helpful and interesting to the professional mariner and to the inquiring layman.