s given to a handy man, who was partly
interpreter and partly purchaser of stock.

JURISDICTION. Right, power, or authority which magistrates or courts
have to administer justice.--_Within jurisdiction of civil powers_, as
regards naval matters, is within a line drawn from headland to headland
in sight of each other, and forming part of the same county. The
admiralty jurisdiction is confined to three miles from the coast in
civil matters, but exists wherever the flag flies at sea in criminal.

JURY-MAST. A temporary or occasional mast erected in a ship in the place
of one which has been carried away in a gale, battle, &c. Jury-masts are
sometimes erected in a new ship to navigate her down a river, or to a
neighbouring port, where her proper masts are prepared for her. Such
jury-masts are simply less in dimension for a light-trimmed vessel; as a
frigate would have a brig's spars.

JURY-RUDDER. A contrivance, of which there are several kinds, for
supplying a vessel with the means of steering when an accident has
befallen the rudder.

JUS PISCANDI. The right of fishing.

JUWAUR. The spring-flood of the Ganges and adjacent rivers.

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KAAG. A Manx or Gaelic term for a forelock, stopper, or linch-pin.

KABBELOW. Cod-fish which has been salted and hung for a few days, but
not thoroughly dried. Also, a dish of cod mashed.

KABOZIR. A chief or governor on the African coast.

KABURNS. The old name for nippers.

KAFILA. A well-known Eastern word, meaning a party with camels
travelling or sojourning; but it was also applied by our early voyagers
to convoys of merchant ships.

KAIA. An old term for a quay or wharf.

KAIQUE. _See_ CAIQUE.

KALBAZ, OR HALBAZ. Pronounced _kalva_; one of the best Turkish
delicacies, composed of honey, must, and almonds, beat up together.

KALENDAR. Time accommodated to the uses of life. (_See_ ALMANAC.)

KALI. _Salsola kali_, a marine plant, generally burned to supply soda
for the glass manufactories. Sub-carbonate of potass.

KAMSIN. A south-westerly wind which blows over Egypt in March and April,
generally not more than three successive days at a time. Its name
signifies the wind of fifty days, not as blowing for such a period, but
because it only occurs during fifty days of March and April.

KANJIA. A passage-boat of the Nile.

KANNA. A name for _ginseng_ (which see).

KARAVALLA. _See_ CARAVEL.

KARBATZ. A common boat of Lapland.

KAT. A timber vessel used on the