oul or rocky anchorage.

BADDERLOCK. The _Fucus esculentus_, a kind of eatable sea-weed on our
northern shores. Also called _pursill_.

BADDOCK. A name from the Gaelic for the fry of the _Gadus carbonarius_,
or coal-fish.

BADGE. Quarter badges. False quarter-galleries in imitation of
frigate-built ships. Also, in naval architecture, a carved ornament
placed on the outside of small ships, very near the stern, containing
either a window, or the representation of one, with marine decorations.

BADGE, SEAMAN'S. _See_ GOOD-CONDUCT BADGE.

BADGER, TO. To tease or confound by frivolous orders.

BADGER-BAG. The fictitious Neptune who visits the ship on her crossing
the line.

BAD-NAME. This should be avoided by a ship, for once acquired for
inefficiency or privateer habits, it requires time and reformation to
get rid of it again. "Give a dog a bad name" most forcibly exemplified.
Ships have endured it even under repeated changes of captains--one ship
had her name changed, but she became worse.

BAD-RELIEF. One who turns out sluggishly to relieve the watch on deck.
(_See_ ONE-BELL.)

BAESSY. The old orthography of the gun since called _base_.

BAFFLING. Is said of the wind when it frequently shifts from one point
to another.

BAG. A commercial term of quantity; as, a bread or biscuit _bag_, a
sand-_bag_, &c. An empty purse.--_To bag on a bowline_, to be leewardly,
to drop from a course.

BAG, OF THE HEAD-RAILS. The lowest part of the head-rails, or that part
which forms the sweep of the rail.

BAG, THE. Allowed for the men to keep their clothes in. The _ditty bag_
included needles and needfuls, love-tokens, jewels, &c.

BAGALA. A rude description of high-sterned vessel of various burdens,
from 50 to 300 tons, employed at Muskat and on the shores of Oman: the
word signifying _mule_ among the Arabs, and therefore indicative of
carrying rather than sailing.

BAG AND BAGGAGE. The whole movable property.

BAGGAGE. The necessaries, utensils, and apparel of troops.

BAGGAGE-GUARD. A small proportion of any body of troops on the march, to
whom the care of the whole baggage is assigned.

BAGGETY. The fish otherwise called the lump or sea-owl (_Cyclopterus
lumpus_).

BAGGONET. The old term for bayonet, and not a vulgarism.

BAGNIO. A sort of barrack in Mediterranean sea-ports, where the
galley-slaves and convicts are confined.

BAGPIPE. _To bagpipe the mizen_ is to lay it aback, by bringing the
sheet to the mi