e lowest and aftermost part of the orlop deck, where the
biscuit is kept, separated by a bulk-head from the rest; but any place
parted off from below deck for containing the bread is so designated.

BREAD-ROOM JACK. The purser's steward's help.

BREADTH. The measure of a vessel from side to side in any particular
place athwart-ships. (_See_ STRAIGHT OF BREADTH, HEIGHT OF BREADTH,
TOP-TIMBER BREADTH, &c.)--_Breadth of beam_, extreme breadth of a ship.

BREADTH EXTREME. _See_ EXTREME BREADTH OR BEAM.

BREADTH LINE. A curved line of the ship lengthwise, intersecting the
timbers at their greatest extent from the middle line of the ship.

BREADTH-MOULDED. _See_ MOULDED BREADTH.

BREADTH-RIDERS. Timbers placed nearly in the broadest part of the ship,
and diagonally, so as to strengthen two or more timbers.

BREAK, TO. To deprive of commission, warrant, or rating, by
court-martial.

BREAK. The sudden rise of a deck when not flush; when the aft, and
sometimes the fore part, of a vessel's deck is kept up to give more
height below, and at the drifts.--_Break of the poop_, where it ends at
the foremost part.

BREAKAGE. The leaving of empty spaces in stowing the hold. In marine
insurance, the term alludes to damage occurring to goods.

BREAK-BEAMS. Beams introduced at the break of a deck, or any sudden
termination of planking.

BREAK-BULK. To open the hold, to begin unloading and disposing of the
goods therein, under legal provisions.

BREAKERS. Small barrels for containing water or other liquids; they are
also used in watering the ship as gang-casks. (_See_ BAREKA.) Also,
those billows which break violently over reefs, rocks, or shallows,
lying immediately at, or under, the surface of the sea. They are
distinguished both by their appearance and sound, as they cover that
part of the sea with a perpetual foam, and produce loud roaring, very
different from what the waves usually have over a deeper bottom. Also, a
name given to those rocks which occasion the waves to break over
them.--_Breakers ahead!_ the common pass-word to warn the officer of
broken water in the direction of the course. (_See also_ SHIP-BREAKER.)

BREAK-GROUND. Beginning to weigh, or to lift the anchor from the
bottom. On shore it means to begin the works for besieging a place, or
opening the trenches.

BREAKING. Breaking out stores or cargo in the hold. The act of
extricating casks or other objects from the hold-stowage.

BREAKING LIBERTY. Not re