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154 THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT. GAUGE OF THE SHIP, her depth of water, or what water she draws. To gain the wind, to arrive on the weather side, or to windward of some ship or fleet in sight, when both are sailing as near the wind as possible. Gammon the bowsprit, secure it by turns of a strong rope passed round it, and into the cutwater, to prevent it from having too much motion. Gangway, that part of a ship's side, both within and without, by which persons enter and depart. Garboard streak, the first range or streak of planks laid in a ie bot- tom next the keel. . - Gasket, the rope which is passed round the sail, to bind it to the yard, when it is furled. To gather. 4 ship is said to gather on another as she comes nearer to her. | Gimbleting, the action of turning the anchor round by the stock, so that the motion of the stock appears similar to that of the handle of a its when employed to turn the wire. Girt. The ship is gurt with her cables when she is too Lichi moored. To give chase to, to pursue a ship or fleet. f Goose wings of a sail, the clews or lower corners of a ship's mainsail or foresail, when the middle part is furled or tied up to the yard. : Grappling-iron, a thing in the nature of an anchor, with four or six flukes to it. Grave, to burn off the filth from a ship's bottom. Gripe of a ship, that thin part of her which is under the counter, and to which the stern-post joins.--TZ'he ship gripes, that is, turns her head too much to the wind. | ; Grommet, a piece of rope laid into a circular form, and used for large boats' oars instead of rowlocks, and also for many other purposes. Grounding, the laying the ship ashore, in order to repair her. It is also applied to running aground accidentally. Ground tackle, everything belonging to a ship' s anchors, and which are necessary for anchoring or mooring; such as cables, hawsers, tow-lines, warps, buoy-ropes, etc. Ground tier, that is, the tier of water casks which is lowest in the hold, and is among the shingle ballast. , Growing, stretching out; applied to the direction of the cable from the ship toward the anchors; as, 7'he cable grows on the starboard bow. Gunwale, the upper edge of a ship's side. Gun-room, a division of the lower deck abaft, inclosed with net-work, for the use of the gunner and his stores. . Gybing, the act of shifting any boom-sail Pak one sii of the mast to the other.