ouse in certain cases; as for stores to naval officers in
commission.

DRAW-BELLOWS. A northern term for _limber-holes_ (which see).

DRAWING. The state of a sail when there is sufficient wind to inflate
it, so as to advance the vessel in her course.

DRAWING UP. Adjusting a ship's station in the line; the converse of
_dropping astern_.

DRAWING WATER. The number of feet depth which a ship submerges.

DRAWN BATTLE. A conflict in which both parties claim the victory, or
retire upon equal terms.

DRAW-NET. Erroneously used for _drag-net_.

DRAWN FOR THE MILITIA. When men are selected by ballot for the defence
of the country.

DRAW THE GUNS. To extract the charge of wad, shot, and cartridge from
the guns.

DREDGE. An iron scraper-framed triangle, furnished with a bottom of hide
and stout cord net above, used for taking oysters or specimens of shells
from the bottom.

DREDGER-BOAT. One that uses the net so called, for turbots, soles,
sandlings, &c.

DREDGING. Fishing by dragging the dredge.

DREDGING MACHINE. A large lighter, or other flat-bottomed vessel,
equipped with a steam-engine and machinery for removing the mud and silt
from the bottom, by the revolution of iron buckets in an endless chain.

DREDGY. The ghost of a drowned person.

DREINT. The old word used for drowned, from the Anglo-Saxon.

DRESS, TO. To place a fleet in organized order; also, to arrange men
properly in ranks; to present a true continuous line in front.--_To
dress a ship._ To ornament her with a variety of colours, as ensigns,
flags, pendants, &c., of various nations, displayed from different parts
of her masts, rigging, &c., on a day of festivity.

DREW. A name in our northern isles for the _Fucus loreus_, a narrow
thong-shaped sea-weed.

DRIBBLE. Drizzling showers; light rain.

DRIES. A term opposed to _rains_ on the west coast of Africa.

DRIFT. The altered position of a vessel by current or falling to leeward
when hove-to or lying-to in a gale, when but little head-way is made by
the action of sails. In artillery, a priming-iron of modern introduction
used to clear the vent of ordnance from burning particles after each
discharge. Also, a term sometimes used for the constant deflection of a
rifled projectile. (_See_ DEFLECTION.)

DRIFTAGE. The amount due to lee-way. (_See_ DRIFT.)

DRIFT-BOLTS. Commonly made of steel, are used as long punches for
driving out other bolts.

DRIFT-ICE. The debris of the main pack. (_See