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194 : THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT Laniards of the shrouds, are the small ropes at the ends of them, by . 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 ve 'wind ins upon her port side, Lash, to bind. " Launch ho!" signifies that the = is high enough, and must be suddenly 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 tor a 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 distinguish 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 ehip often takes to leeward, in a high 3ea, 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.--JLee side, that half of a ship, lengthwise, which lies between a line drawn through the middle of her length and the side which is farthest from the point of wind--Zo Leeward, towards 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. --Jeeward 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 be pressed mates trey by a weight of sail in a fresh wind. Leeches, the borders or edges of a sail. To le to, to retard a ship in her course, by arranging the sails in such a 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. Ivfis, the ropes which come to the ends of the yards from the mast- heads, and by which they are suspended when lowered down. Limiars 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 lJarboard. Log, and log-line, by which the ship's path is measured, and her rate of going ascertained. Log-board, on which are marked the transactions of the ship, which from thence are copied into the Log-book every 24 hours. A long sea, a uniform motion of long waves.