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THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT. , 153 To fish the anchor, to'draw up the fiukes of the anchor towards the top of the bow, in order to stow it, after having been catted. Flag, a general name for colors worn and used by ships of war. Fiat-aft, the situation of the sails when their surfaces are pressed aft against the mast by the force of the wind. To flat in, to draw in the aftermost lower corner, or clew, of a sail towards the middle of the ship, to give the sail a greater power to turn the vessel.-- Zo flat in forward, to draw in the fore-sheet, jib-sheet, and fore- staysail-sheet, towards the middle of the ship. Flaw, a sudden breeze or gust of wind. Floating, the state of being buoyed up by the water from the ground. F lood-tide, the state of a tide when it flows or rises. F lowing-sheets, the position of the sheets of the principal sails when they are loosened from the wind so as to receive it into their cavities more nearly perpendicular than when close-hauled, but more obliquely than when the ship sails before the wind. <A ship going two or three points large has flowing-sheets. Fore, that part of a ship's frame and machinery that lies near the stem.-- Fore and aft, throughout the whole ship's length ; lengthwise of the ship. Fore-reach, to shoot ahead, or go past another vessel. To force over, to force a ship violently over a shoal by a great quantity of: sail. Forward, toward the fore part of a ship. Foul is used in opposition both to clear and fair. As opposed to clear, we say, foul weather, foul bottom, foul ground, foul anchor, foul hawse. As opposed to fuir, we say, foul wind. pe To founder, to sink at sea by filling with water. To free. Pumping is said to free a ship, when it discharges more water than leaks into her. To freshen.. When a gale increases, it is said to freshen.--To Freshen the hawse, to veer out or heave in a little cable, to let another part of it endure the stress of the hawse-hole. It is also applied to the act of renewing the service round the cable at the hawse-hole. Freshen the ballast, divide or separate it. Fresh way. When a ship increases her velocity, she is said to get fresh way. | Full, the situation of the sails when they are kept distended by the wind. Full and by, the situation of a ship, with regard to the wind, when close- hauled, and sailing so as neither to steer too nigh: the direction, nor to deviate to leeward. To furl, to wrap or to roll a sail close up to the yard or stay to which it belongs, and to wind a cord around it to keep it fast.