A WARP, TO. To carry a hawser out from the ship by a boat, and
fasten it to some distant place to remove the ship towards that place,
or to keep her steady whilst her anchors are lifted, &c.

RUPEE. The well-known coin of the East Indies. There are gold rupees of
nearly 30 shillings in value; but the current rupee is of silver,
varying a little from 2 shillings, according to its being named Bombay,
Arcot, or Sicca.

RUSPONE. A gold Tuscan coin of the value of L1, 8_s._ 7_d._ sterling.

RUT OF THE SEA. The point of impact where it dashes against anything.

RUT OF THE SHORE. The sea breaking along the coast.

RUTTER, OR ROUTIER. The old word for an outline chart for ships' tracks
[from _route_]. It was also applied to a journal or log-book; or to a
set of sailing instructions, as a directory.

RYDE. A small stream.

RYNE. An Anglo-Saxon word still in use for a water-course, or streamlet
which rises high with floods.

S.

S. A bent iron, called a crooked catch, or pot-hook, in anchors, &c.

SABANDER. The familiar of _shah-bander_, an eastern title for captain or
governor of a port.

SABATINES. Steel coverings for the feet; sometimes slippers or clogs.

SABRE. A sword with a broad and rather heavy blade, thick at the back,
and curved towards the point, intended for cutting more than for
thrusting.

SABRETACHE. A flat leathern case or pocket suspended at the left side of
a cavalry officer's sword-belt.

SACCADE. The sudden jerk of the sails in light winds and a heavy swell.

SACCOLEVA, OR SACOLEGE. A Levantine small craft of great sheer, carrying
a sail with an enormous sprit, so called.

SACK, TO [from the Anglo-Saxon _saec_]. To pillage a place which has been
taken by storm.

SACKS OF COALS. The seaman's name for the black _Magellanic clouds_, or
patches of deep blue sky in the milky-way near the south pole.

SADDLE HILL. A high land visible from the coast, having a centre less
elevated than its ends, somewhat like a riding-saddle.

SADDLES. Chocks of notched wood embracing spars, to support others
attached to them; thus we have a saddle-crutch for the main or driver
boom on the taffarel; another on the bowsprit to support the heel of the
jib-boom.

SAFE-CONDUCT. A security passport granted to an enemy for his safe entry
and passage through the realm.

SAFEGUARD. Protection given to secure a people from oppression in time
of trouble.

SAFETY-KEEL. A construction of keel for further secur