hatred to that nation.
Also, a large musketoon, about 8 feet in length, so called from having
been used by those marauders.

BUCENTAUR. A large and splendid galley of the doge of Venice, in which
he received the great lords and persons of quality who went there,
accompanied by the ambassadors and councillors of state, and all the
senators seated on benches by him. The same vessel served also in the
magnificent ceremony on Ascension-day, when the doge threw a ring into
the sea to espouse it, and to denote his dominion over the Gulf of
Venice.

BUCHAN BOILERS. The heavy breaking billows among the rocks on the coast
of Buchan.

BUCHT. A Shetland term for lines of 55 fathoms.

BUCK, TO. To wash a sail.

BUCKALL. An earthen wine-cup used in the sea-ports of Portugal, Spain,
and Italy. [From _bocale_, It.]

BUCKER. A name for the grampus in the Hebrides. It is also applied, on
some of our northern coasts, to the porpoise.

BUCKET. A small globe of hoops, covered with canvas, used as a recall
for the boats of whalers.

BUCKET-ROPE. That which is tied to a bucket for drawing water up from
alongside.

BUCKETS. Are made either of canvas, of leather, or of wood; the latter
are used principally for washing the decks, and therefore answer the
purposes of pails.

BUCKET-VALVE. In a steamer's engine, is a flat metal plate filling up
the passage between the air-pump and the condenser, and acted upon by
both in admitting or repressing the passage of water.

BUCKHORN. Whitings, haddocks, thorn-backs, gurnet, and other fish,
cleaned, gently salted, and dried in the sun.

BUCKIE. A northern name for the whelk.

BUCKIE-INGRAM. A name for the hermit-crab.

BUCKIE-PRINS. A northern designation for a periwinkle.

BUCKLE. A mast buckles when it suffers by compression, so that the fibre
takes a sinuous form, and the grain is _upset_. Also, in Polar regions,
the bending or arching of the ice upwards, preceding a nip.

BUCKLERS. Two blocks of wood fitted together to stop the hawse-holes,
leaving only sufficient space between them for the cable to pass, and
thereby preventing the ship taking in much water in a heavy head-sea.
They are either _riding_ or _blind bucklers_ (which see).

BUCKRA. A term for white man, used by the blacks in the West Indies,
Southern States of America, and the African coast.

BUCK-WEEL. A bow-net for fish.

BUDE. An old name for the biscuit-weevil.

BUDGE-BARREL. A small cask with copper and woo