lel to the vessel's set on the water.

RAUN. An old Manx term for a seal. In the north it implies the roe of
salmon, used as a bait.

RAUNER. A northern term for the female salmon, as having the raun or
roe.

RAVE-HOOK. In ship carpentry, a hooked iron tool used when enlarging the
butts for receiving a sufficient quantity of oakum.

RAVELIN. In fortification, an outwork consisting of two long faces
meeting in a salient angle, covering the curtain, and, generally, the
shoulders of the bastions; it affords a powerful defence to the ground
in front of the latter, which may rarely be approached till after the
fall of the ravelin.

RAVINE. A deep chasm through which the rains are carried off elevated
lands.

RAY. A line of sight. Also, a flat rhomboidal fish with a rough skin;
genus, _Raia_.

RAZE, TO. To level or demolish (applicable to works or buildings).

RAZED. Fortifications are said to be razed when totally demolished.

RAZOR-BACK. The fin-whale (_Balaenoptera_), so called from its prominent
dorsal fin. It usually attains the length of 70 feet.

RAZOR-BILL. A sea-fowl allied to the auks, _Alca torda_.

REACH, OR RATCH. A straight part of a navigable river; the distance
between any two elbows on the banks, wherein the current flows in
uninterrupted course.

REACHING. Sometimes used for standing off and on: a vessel is also said
to be on a reach, when she is sailing by the wind upon any tack. A
vessel also _reaches_ ahead of her adversary.

READY ABOUT! OR READY OH! The order to prepare for tacking, each man to
his station. (_See_ ABOUT.)

READY WITH THE LEAD! A caution when the vessel is luffed up to deaden
her way, followed by "heave."

REAL. A silver coin of Spain, value 5_d._ sterling. One-eighth of a
dollar.

REALILLO. A small Spanish silver coin, value half a real.

REAM OR REEM OUT, TO. To enlarge the bore of a cannon with a special
tool, so that it may take a larger projectile.

REAMING. Fishing vessels shifting their quarters while fishing. This
word is often used for _reeming_ (which see).

REAR. An epithet for anything situated behind another, as the hindmost
portion of a fleet or army. (_See_ DIVISION.) To _rear_ an object in
view, is to _rise_ or approach it.

REAR-ADMIRAL. The officer in command of the third division of a fleet,
whose flag is at the mizen.

REAR-GUARD. That part of the army which brings up and protects the rear.

REARING. The upper-works tumbling home, or being