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206 THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT. . A Water-borne, the state of a ship, when there is barely a sufficient depth of water to float her off from the ground. Water-logged, the state of a ship become heavy and inactive on the sea, from the great quantity of water leaked into her. Water-tight, the state of a ship when not leaky. Weather.--To weather any thing, is to get to windward of it.---Syno- nymous with windward. Weather*beaten, shattered by a storm.-- Weather-bit, a turn of the cable about the end of the windlass.-- Weathér-gage. 'When a fleet or ship is to windward of another, she is said to have the weather-gage of her.-- Weather quarter, that quarter of the ship which is on the windward side.= Weather side, the side upon which the wind blows. To weigh anchor, to,heave up an anchor from the bottom. To wind a ship, to cies her position, bringing her head where her stern was. Wind-road. Whenaship is at anchor, and the wind, being against the tide, is so strong a8 to overcome its power, and keep the ship to lees ward of her anchor, she is said to be wind-road. Wind's eye, the point from which the wind blows. To windward, towards that part of the horizon from which the wind blows. Windward tide, a tide that sets to wind' To work a ship, to direct the movements of a ship by sade < the sails and managing the rudder according to the course the ship has to make. To work to windward, to make a progress against the direction of the wind. Wooled, to bind round with ropes. YARDS, the spars upon which the sails are spread. -Yawing; the motion of a ship when she deviates from her course to the right or left.