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168 THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT. To stream the buoy, to let it fall from the ship's side into the water, pre- viously to casting anchor. "Stretch out!" a term used to men ina boat when they should pull strong. To les to lower or let down anything; used emphatically to denote the lowering of colors in token of surrender to a victorious enemy. To strike sounding, to touch ground when endeavoring to find the depth of water. Sued, or sewed. When aship is on shore, and the water leaves her she is said to be sued; if the water leaves her two feet, she sues or is sued two féet. : Surf, the swell of the sea that breaks upon the shore or on any rock. To surge the capstan, to slacken the rope heaved round upon. it. Sway away, hoist. Swell, the fluctuating motion of the sea, either during or after a storm. Sweeping, the act of dragging the bight or loose part of a rope along the surface of the ground, in a harbor or road, in order to drag up something lost. | Swinging, the act of a ship's turning round her anchor at the change of wind or tide. & To TACK, to turn a ship about from one tack to another, by bringing her head to wind. : Tafferel, the uppermost part of a ship's sterz. ' Taking in, the act of furling the sails, used in opposition to setting. Taking aback.--See Aback. ' Lamkin, or tomkin,; tampion, or tompton, the bung or piece of wood, by by which the mouth of a cannon is filled to keep out wet. Tarpaulin, a cloth of canvas covered with some tar or some other com- position, so as to make it water-proof. Twut, improperly, though very generally, used for tight. Taunt, high, or tall; particularly applied to masts of extraordinary length. _ Tell-tale, an instrument which traverses upon an index in front of the poop-deck, to show the position of the tiller. _ Tending, the turning or swinging of a ship round her anchor in a tide- way at the beginning of ebb and flood. , Thwart.--_See Athwart. Thwart-ships.--See Athwart-ships. " Thus!" an order to the helmsman to keep the ship in her present situ- ation, when sailing with a scant wind, To tide, to work in or out of a river, harbor, or channel, by favor of the tide, anchoring whenever it becomes adverse. Tide ut up, to go with the tide against the wind.