To wrap a small line around another.

A pointed metal spike, used to separate strands of rope in splicing.

Used for lashing down sails, awnings, etc., a series of round turns where the end is passed over the standing part and under the bight and pulled taut on each turn.

Pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.

One who is adept at splicing, knotting, and working with line and canvas.

To deliberately put a sailor ashore and leave him there while the ship sails away.

To put a person ashore with no means of returning.

The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978.

To temporarily sew the ends of two ropes together for rendering through a block. Also to grip together parts of a fall to prevent running out. To marry strands to prepare for splicing.

Old Navy nickname for a flogging, particularly when across a gun.

The operation of bringing two lines together; term also applied to other objects.

The vertical pole or spar that supports the boom and sails. a mast on a mechanically propelled vessel holds electronics antennas, lights, etc.

A protective cover wrapped around the mast at the deck on a keel stepped boat to prevent water from entering the boat.

The top of the mast

The opening up the back (aft) edge of the mast in which the mainsail luff rope slides when it is hoisted. Some masts have an external sail track.

The fitting in the bottom of the boat in which the bottom or heel if the mast sits.

The frame on the keelson of boat (does not apply on ships) to which the heel of a mast is fitted.

Fittings on the mast to which the forestay and shrouds attach.

A track or groove in the back of the mast to which the sail is attached by means of lugs or the bolt rope.

A term for the captain, a holdover from the days when the captain was literally, and legally, the "master" of the ship and crew. His word was law.