Page 202 of Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia · 20 entries
A bright yellow flag hoisted on board a ship lying at anchor to indicate that the vessel is infected with some contagious disease and that the ship is quarantined.
Yellow Jack is the common name given by sailors for a quarantine flag.
The part of a yard that is just outside the slings. That part of the vessel's side near the stern.
A written or printed form showing the various stations assigned to the officers and men. (See Quarters.)
Blocks suspended under the quarters of a yard as leads for the clewlines and sheets.
A boat that hangs on quarter davits.
The boat davits on the quarters of a vessel.
(See Deck.)
Ornamental projections on the quarters of some vessels--generally confined to men-of-war.
A Barbary cruiser once of a more or less questionable character.
The double boom topping lifts that lead from the iron band on that spar (about a quarter ways in from the end) up to and through single blocks under the eyes of the rigging at the lower masthead, thence down on deck. Each hauling part is provided with a purchase. In sailing free the weather lift is hauled taut and the lee one slacked off, so that the sail will set well without a crease up and down its belly. In sailing by the wind both lifts are slacked so that the sail will hang as flat as possible by the weight of the boom.
The mooring rope leading over the quarter of a vessel.
The single blocks to be seen on some fore-and-aft vessels secured to eye-bolts in the deck on the quarters. Through these blocks the main sheet reeves in addition to the boom and traveller blocks, and are used for securing an additional purchase on the boom. When fitted this way the bight of the sheet is rove through the boom and traveller blocks, and the two hauling ends lead through these quarter blocks and make fast on the quarter bitts.
A sea running in such direction as to break against the quarter of the vessel.
A petty officer who steers the vessel, attends the gangway in port, keeps the wheelhouse in order, and cleans the bright work belonging to the steering gear, etc.
The mess room and sleeping rooms set apart for the officers are known as officers' quarters.
Assembling the crew at their stations for inspection by the commanding officer, for exercise and drill, or for battle.
Beat to quarters. To order the drummer to beat the drum for assembling.
Pipe to quarters. To order the boatswain or his mates to wind the call for assembly.
A wind blowing on the quarter of a vessel--45 degrees or four points abaft the beam.
(Pronounced key.) A wharf or artificial bank at which vessels discharge and load cargo.
Wharfage.
A Portuguese smack.
A preparation of animal or vegetable oils for throwing on the sea in heavy weather to prevent the seas from breaking in the vicinity of the ship.
