ter.

DRY FLOGGING. Punishing over the clothes of a culprit.

DRY GALES. Those storms which are accompanied with a clear sky, as the
_northers_ of the Gulf of Mexico, the _harmattan_ of Africa, &c.

DRY HOLY-STONING. _See_ HOLY-STONE.

DRY-ROT. A disease destructive of timber, occasioned by a fungus, the
_Merulius lachrymans_, which softens wood and finally destroys it; it
resembles a dry pithy cottony substance, whence the name dry-rot, though
when in a perfect state, its sinuses contain drops of clear water, which
have given rise to its specific Latin name. Free ventilation and
cleanliness appear to be the best preservatives against this costly
evil.

DRY ROWING. "Row dry." Not to dash the spray with the blade of the oar
in the faces of those in the stern-sheets.

D.S.Q. Means, in the complete book, discharged to sick quarters.

DUB. A northern term for a pool of deep and smooth water in a rapid
river.

DUBB, TO. To smooth and cut off with an adze the superfluous wood.--_To
dubb a vessel bright_, is to remove the outer surface of the plank
completely with an adze. Spotting to examine planks with the adze is
also dubbing.

DUBBAH, OR DUBBER. A coarse leathern vessel for holding liquids in
India.

DUBHE. A standard nautical star in the Great Bear.

DUCAT. A well-known coin in most parts of Europe; the average gold ducat
being nine shillings and sixpence, and the silver three shillings and
fourpence.

DUCATOON. A coin of the Dutch Oriental Isles, of seven shillings. Also,
a silver coin of Venice, value four shillings and eightpence.

DUCK, TO. To dive, or immerse another under water; or to avoid a shot.

DUCK. The finest canvas (No. 8) for small sails, is sometimes so called;
but it is really a lighter cloth than canvas, and is greatly used by
seamen and soldiers on tropical stations for frocks and trousers.

DUCKING. A penalty which veteran sailors inflict on those who, for the
first time, pass the tropics, the equator, or formerly even the Straits
of Gibraltar; and is usually performed in the grog-tub or half-butt,
with the assistance of a few buckets of water; the usual fine, however,
always prevents the penalty being inflicted.

DUCKING AT THE YARD-ARM. A marine punishment unknown, except by name, in
the British navy; but formerly inflicted by the French for grave
offences, thus: the criminal was placed astride a short thick batten,
fastened to the end of a rope which passed through a block hangin