ce by which the pumps of a large
vessel are worked, connected with a crank-shaft and fly-wheel, driven by
handles in the same way as a winch.

OSMOND. The old term for pig-iron; a great article of lading.

OSNABURG. In commerce, a coarse linen cloth manufactured in Scotland,
but resembling that made at Osnaburg in Germany.

OSPREY. The fish-hawk, _Pandion haliaetus_; Shakspeare, in _Coriolanus_,
says--

"I think he'll be to Rome
As is the osprey to the fish."

OS SEPIAE. The commercial term for the sepia, or cuttle-fish bones.

OSTMEN. A corrupted form of _Hoastmen_.

OTSEGO BASS. _Coregonus otsego_, a fish of the American lakes.

OTTER-PIKE. The lesser weever, _Trachinus draco_; also called
sea-stranger.

OTTOMITES. An old term for Turks. See Shakspeare in _Othello_.

OUNDING. Resembling or imitating waves; used by Chaucer and others.

OUSTER LE MER. The legal term for excuse, when a man did not appear in
court on summons, for that he was then beyond the seas.

OUT-AND-OUTER. An old phrase signifying thorough excellence; a man up to
his duty, and able to perform it in style.

OUT-BOARD. The outside of the ship: the reverse of _in-board_.

OUT-BOATS. The order to hoist out the boats.

OUT-EARING CLEAT. This is placed on the upper side of the gaff, to pass
the outer earing round from the cringle.

OUTER-JIB. In sloops, where the head-sails are termed foresail-jib and
outer-jib, if set from the foremast-head. It is now very common for
_ships_ to set two standing jibs, the stay and tack of the inner one
being secured at the middle of the jib-boom.

OUTER TURNS AND INNER TURNS. The _outer turns_ of the earing serve to
extend the sail outwards along its yard. The _inner turns_ are employed
to bind the sail close to the yard.

OUTFIT. The stores with which a merchant vessel is fitted out for any
voyage. Also, the providing an individual with clothes, &c.

OUT-FLANK, TO. By a longer front, to overlap the enemy's opposite line,
and thus gain a chance to turn his flank.

OUT-HAUL, OR OUT-HAULER. A rope used for hauling out the tack of a jib
lower studding-sail, or the clue of a boom-sail. The reverse of
_in-haul_.

OUT-HOLLING. Clearing tide-ports, canals, and channels of mud.

OUTLANDISH. Foreign; but means with Jack a place where he does not feel
at home, or a language which he does not understand.

OUTLET. The effluent or stream by which a lake discharges its water.
Also applied to t