ing with vice-admiral.

LIEUTENANT'S STORE-ROOM. More commonly called the _ward-room store-room_
(which see).

LIFE-BELT. An india-rubber or cork girdle round a person's waist to buoy
him up in the water.

LIFE-BOAT. One of such peculiar construction that it cannot sink or be
swamped. It is equipped for attending wherever a wreck may happen, and
saving the lives of the crew: really one of the greatest blessings
conferred by civilization and humanity on mariners. Life-boats were
invented by Admiral Samuel Graves, who died in 1787. The Royal National
Life-boat Institution has saved by its boats, or by special exertions
for which it has granted rewards, 14,980 lives, from the year of its
establishment, 1824, to the end of 1865.

LIFE-BUOYS. Are of various descriptions. A very useful one, patented by
Cook, is supplied to all Her Majesty's ships. It is composed of two
copper cylinders, and has a balanced stem carrying a fuse, burning
twenty minutes. It is kept suspended on the quarter, can be let go, and
ignited instantaneously, and will support two men for a considerable
time.

LIFE-GUARDS. A greatly-privileged body of cavalry, specially assigned to
the guarding of the sovereign's person.

LIFE-KITE. A contrivance for saving the lives of shipwrecked persons by
forming a communication between the wreck and a lee-shore.

LIFE-LINES. Stretched from gun to gun, and about the upper deck in bad
weather, to prevent the men being washed away. The life-lines aloft are
stretched from the lifts to the masts to enable seamen to stand securely
when manning yards, as in a salute to admirals, &c.

LIFE-PRESERVER. An air-tight apparatus for saving people in cases of
wreck.

LIFT. A term applied to the sails when the wind catches them on the
leeches and causes them to ruffle slightly. Also implies help in work in
hand, as "give us a lift."

LIFT AN ANCHOR, TO. Either by the purchase; or a ship if she has not
sufficient cable on a steep bank _lifts_, or shoulders, her anchor.

LIFTED. Promoted somewhat unexpectedly.

LIFTER. _See_ WIPER.

LIFTING. The rising of fog or haze from the surface of the water.

LIFTING-JACK. A portable machine for lifting heavy objects, acting by
the power either of the lever, the tooth and pinion, or the screw.

LIFTS. Ropes which reach from each mast-head to their respective
yard-arms to steady and suspend the ends. Their use is to keep the yard
in equilibrium, or to raise one of its extremitie