WINDWARD SET. The reverse of _leeward set_.

WINDWARD TIDE. _See_ WEATHER-TIDE.

WINE OF HEIGHT. A former perquisite of seamen on getting safely through
a particular navigation.

WING. The projecting part of a steamer's deck before and abaft each of
the paddle-boxes, bounded by the _wing-wale_.

WING-AND-WING. A ship coming before the wind with studding-sails on both
sides; also said of fore-and-aft vessels, when they are going with the
wind right aft, the fore-sail boomed out on one side, and the main-sail
on the other.

WINGERS. Small casks stowed close to the side in a ship's hold, where
the large casks would cause too great a rising in that part of the tier.

WINGS. Those parts of the hold and orlop-deck which are nearest to the
sides. This term is particularly used in the stowage of the several
materials contained in the hold, and between the cable-tiers and the
ship's sides. In ships of war they are usually kept clear, that the
carpenter and his crew may have access round the ship to stop shot-holes
in time of action. Also, the skirts or extremities of a fleet, when
ranged in a line abreast, or when forming two sides of a triangle. It is
usual to extend the wings of a fleet in the daytime, in order to
discover any enemy that may fall in their track; they are, however,
generally summoned by signal to form close order before night. In
military parlance, the right and left divisions of a force, whether
these leave a centre division between them or not.--_Wing-transom._ The
uppermost transom in the stern-frame, to which the heels of the
counter-timbers are let on and bolted.

WING UP BALLAST, TO. To carry the dead weight from the bottom as high as
consistent with the stability of a ship, in order to ease her quick
motion in rolling.

WING-WALE. A thick plank extending from the extremity of a steamer's
paddle-beam to her side; it is also designated the _sponson-rim_.

WINNOLD-WEATHER. An eastern-county term for stormy March weather.

WINTER-FISH. This term generally alludes to cured cod and ling.

WINTER-QUARTERS. The towns or posts occupied during the winter by troops
who quit the campaign for the season. Also, the harbour to which a
blockading fleet retires in wintry gales. In Arctic parlance, the spot
where ships are to remain housed during the winter months--from the 1st
October to the 1st July or August.

WINTER-SOLSTICE. _See_ CAPRICORNUS.

WIPER. A cogged contrivance in machinery by which a rota