Young sailor's assistant in practical seamanship including the rules of the road; directions for resuscitating the apparently drowned, etc., etc., together with the salutes ... naval signal flags, Very's lights, and the international code of signals (1893)
Taunt, Emory H · Washington · leaf 124
A stopper knot. ^*^^^^^^^«==5^ Used for tern- <^~~ porarily securing the Shroudknot. roping of a sail when Used when a shroud is shot, carried away, or carried away.
Navigation · Signals and signaling
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