g to their appetites.

LUBBER-LAND. A kind of El Dorado in sea-story, or country of pleasure
without work, all sharing alike.

LUBBER'S HOLE. The vacant space between the head of a lower-mast and the
edge of the top, so termed from timid climbers preferring that as an
easier way for getting into the top than trusting themselves to the
futtock-shrouds. The term has been used for any cowardly evasion of
duty.

LUBBER'S POINT. A black vertical line or mark in the compass-bowl in the
direction of the ship's head, by which the angle between the magnetic
meridian and the ship's line of course is shown.

LUBRICATOR. The oil or similar material applied to the bearings of
machinery to obviate friction. Also, special preparations of the same
included in cartridges for rifled fire-arms, to prevent the fouling from
the burnt powder adhering to the interior of the bore.

LUCE. The old word for a full-grown pike or jack, immortalized by
Shakspeare.

LUCIDA. The bright star or {a} of each constellation.

LUCKEN. An unsplit haddock half-dry.

LUCKY MINIE'S LINES. The long stems of the sea-plant _Chorda filum_.

LUCKY-PROACH. A northern term for father-lasher, _Cottus scorpius_.

LUFF, OR LOOFE. The order to the helmsman, so as to bring the ship's
head up more to windward. Sometimes called springing a luff. Also, the
air or wind. Also, an old familiar term for lieutenant. Also, the
fullest or roundest part of a ship's bows. Also, the weather-leech of a
sail.

LUFF AND LIE. A very old sea-term for hugging the wind closely.

LUFF AND TOUCH HER! Try how near the wind she will come. (_See_
TOUCHING.)

LUFF INTO A HARBOUR, TO. To sail into it, shooting head to wind,
gradually. A ship is accordingly said to spring her luff when she yields
to the effort of the helm, by sailing nearer to the wind, or coming to,
and does not shake the wind out of her sails until, by shortening all,
she reaches her anchorage.

LUFF ROUND, OR LUFF A-LEE. The extreme of the movement, by which it is
intended to throw the ship's head up suddenly into the wind, in order to
go about, or to lessen her way to avoid danger.

LUFF-TACKLE. A purchase composed of a double and single block, the
standing end of the rope being fast to the single block, and the fall
coming from the double. This name is given to any large tackle not
destined for any particular place, but to be variously used as occasion
may require. It is larger than the jigger-tackle, but smal