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158 THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT. Land-locked, the situation of a ship surrounded with land, so as to exclude the prospect of the sea, unless over some intervening land. Laniards of the shrouds, are the small ropes at the ends of them, 7 which they are hove taut or tight. Larboard, the left side of a ship, looking towards the head.--Port tack, the situation of a ship when sailing with the wind blowing upon her port Bide. Lash, to bind. "Launch ho !" ' signifies that the object is high enough, and must be sud- denly, lowered. Laying the land. A ship which increases her distance from the coast, so as to make it appear lower and smaller, is said to lay the land. Leading wind, a fair wind fora ship's course. Leak, a chink or breach in the sides or bottom of a ship, through which the water enters into the hull. : Lee, that part of the hemisphere to which the wind is directed, to dis- tinguish it from the other part, which is called to windward.--Lee gage. A ship or fleet to leeward of another is said to have the lee gage.--Lee lurches, the sudden and violent rolls which a ship often takes to leeward, in a high sea, particularly when a large wave strikes her on the weather side. Lee quarter, that quarter of a ship which is on the lee side.-- Lee shore, that shore upon which the wind blows.--Lee side, that half of a ship, -length- wise, which lies between a line drawn through the middle of her length and the side which is farthest from the point of wind.-- 7 leeward, toward that part of the horizon to which the wind blows.--Leeward ship, a ship that falls much to leeward of her course, when sailing close-hauled.-- Leeward tide, a tide that sets to leeward. : Lee-way, the lateral movement of a ship to leeward of her course ; or the angle which the line of her way makes with a line in the direction of her keel. To lie along, to . pressed down sideways bs a weight of sailin a fresh wind. Leeches, the borders or edges of a, sail. To lie to, to retard a ship in her course, by arranging the sails in sucha manner as to counteract each other with nearly an equal effort, and render the ship almost immovable with respect to her progressive motion or head- way. Infts, the ropes which come to the ends of the yards from the mast-heads, and by which they are suspended when lowered down. Limbers, or limber holes, square holes cut through the lower part of a ship's floor timbers, very near the keel ; forming a channel for water, and communicating with the pump-well throughout the whole length of the floor. List, incline.-- The ship has a list to port, that is, she heels to the larboard.