he spot where the efflux commences.

OUT-LICKER. A corruption of _out-rigger_ (which see).

OUT-LIER. A word which has been often used for _out-rigger_, but applies
to outlying rocks, visible above water.

OUT-OARS. The order to take to rowing when the sails give but little way
on a boat.

OUT OF COMMISSION. A ship where officers and men are paid off, and
pennant hauled down.

OUT OF TRIM. A ship not properly balanced for fast sailing, which may be
by a defect in the rigging or in the stowage of the hold.

OUT OF WINDING. Said of a plank or piece of timber which has a fair and
even surface without any twists: the opposite of _winding_.

OUT OR DOWN. An exclamation of the boatswain, &c., in ordering men out
of their hammocks, _i.e._ turn out, or your laniard will be cut.

OUT-PENSIONERS. Those entitled to pensions from Greenwich Hospital, but
not admitted to "the house."

OUT-PORTS. Those commercial harbours which lie on the coasts; all ports
in the United Kingdom out of London. (_See_ CLOSE-PORTS.)

OUTREGANS. Canals or ditches navigable by boats.

OUT-RIGGER. A strong beam, of which there are several, passed through
the ports of a ship, and firmly lashed at the gunwale, also assisted by
guys from bolts at the water-line, to secure the masts in the act of
careening, by counteracting the strain they suffer from the tackles on
the opposite side. Also, any boom rigged out from a vessel to hang boats
by, clear of the ship, when at anchor. Also, any spar, as the boomkin,
for the fore-tack, or the jigger abaft to haul out the mizen-sheet, or
extend the leading blocks of the main braces. Also, a small spar used in
the tops and cross-trees, to thrust out and spread the breast backstays
to windward. Also, a counterpoising log of wood, rigged out from the
side of a narrow boat or canoe, to prevent it from being upset.

OUT-SAIL, TO. To sail faster than another ship, or to make a particular
voyage with greater despatch.

OUTSIDE MUSTER-PAPER. A paper with the outer part blank, but the inner
portion ruled and headed; supplied from the dock yards to form the cover
of ships' books.

OUTSIDE PLANKING. Such are the wales, the plank-sheer, the
garboard-strakes, and the like.

OUTWARD. A vessel is said to be entered outwards or inwards according as
she is entered at the custom-house to depart for, or as having arrived
from, foreign parts.

OUTWARD CHARGES. Pilotage and other dues incurred from any port: the
reverse of