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} THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT. 185 By the board ; over the ship's side. By the head ; the state of a ship when she is so ener loaded as to draw more water forward than aft. By the wind ; the course of a ship as near as possible to the direction of the wind, which is generally within six points of it. 'Bunt-lines ; ropes fastened to the foot-rope of square-sails, to draw them up to the middle of the yards for furling. | Buoy ; a floating conical cask, moored upon shoals, to show where the danger is; it is also attached to anchors, to show where they lie, in case the cable breaks, Cap » a strong, thick block of wood, having two large holes through it, the one square, the other round; used to confine the two masts together, Oapsize ; overturn.--The boat is capsized, that is, overset.--Capsize the coil of rope, that is, turn it over. Capstan ; an instrument by which the anchor is weighed out of the ground; used also for setting up the shrouds, and other work where a great purchase is required. To careen ; to incline a ship on one side so low down, by shifting the cargo or stores on one side that her bottom on the other side may be cleansed by breaming. To carry away ; to break ; as, A ship has carried away her bowsprit, that _ is, has broken it off. Casting ; the motion of falling off, so as to bring the direction of the wind on either side of the ship, after it has blown some time right ahead. It is particularly applied to a ship about to weigh anchor. Cat-heads ; the timbers on a ship's bows, with sheaves in them, by which the anchor is hoisted, after it has been hove up by the cable. To cat the anchor, is to hook the cat-block to the ring of -- anchor, and haul it up close to the cat-head. Cat's paw, is a light air of wind perceived at a distance in a calm, sweeping the surface of the sea very lightly, pers dying away before it reaches the ship. Caulking, is filling the seams of a ship with oakum. | Centre. This word is applied to that squadron of a fleet, in a line of battle, which occupies the middle of a line; and to that column, in the order of sailing, which is betweeen the weather and lee columns. Chains ; a place built on the sides of the ship, projecting out, and at which the shrouds are fastened, for the purpose of giving them a greater angle than they could have if fastened to the ship's side, and of course giv- ing them a greater power to secure the mast. Uhain-plates are plates of iron fastened to the ship's sides aor the - Chains, and to these plates the dead-eyes are fastened. . Chapelling ; the act of turning a ship round in a light breeze of ind, when she is close-hauled, so' that she will lie the same way she did before. This is usually occssionéd by negligence in steering, or by a aud : - den change of wind. 24 a de Ss Sih ee SN al al