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| Black Squall | A sudden squall of wind accompanied by lightning. |
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| Black-Down | The operation of tarring and blacking the rigging or hull to act as a preservative against the action of salt water. the best mixture was said to be coal tar, vegetable tar, and salt water boiled together and laid on hot. |
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| Blanket | To block the wind from the sails of a boat that is to leeward; a tactical maneuver whereby a boat uses its sails to blanket the competitor's wind, slowing him down; to take wind from a sail. |
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| Bleed | To bleed is the operation of draining any water out of a buoy which may have seeped inside after long use at sea. |
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| Bleed the Monkey | Secretly, to remove spirit from a keg or cask by making a small hole and sucking through a straw. also called Suck the Monkey |
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| Block | A wooden, metal or plastic case in which one or more sheaves (pulleys) are placed, through which turns of line (falls) are threaded for the purpose of gaining mechanical advantage or changing the direction of motion. Lines used with a block are known as tackle. |
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| Block and Tackle | A combination of one or more blocks and the associated tackle necessary to give a mechanical advantage. Useful for lifting heavy loads. |
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| Blockade | In maritime warfare, a declaration published by a power forbidding sea-borne trade with an enemy. |
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| Blooper | Light-weight foresail similar to a spinnaker but set without a pole. |
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| Blow | The action of a whale when it comes to the surface and expels the seawater it has taken in while feeding. The traditional hail of the lookout in a whaling ship when sighting this spouting water is "There she blows". |
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| Blowing Great Guns | Old term for a heavy gale or hurricane. |
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| Blowing the Grampus | Old term for waking a sailor asleep on watch by throwing a bucket of cold water over him. |
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| Blue Peter | A flag signaling that a ship is about to sail and that all should report on board. It is International Code Flag "P". |
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| Bluejacket | A term describing the seamen of a British warship. |
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| Bluenose | A general nautical term for Canadians, but more especially for Nova Scotian sailing ships and men. |
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