se term for a watering-place.

AGUGLIA. A common name for sharp-pointed rocks. From the Italian for
needle; written _agulha_ in Spanish and Portuguese charts.

AHEAD. A term especially referable to any object farther onward, or
immediately before the ship, or in the course steered, and therefore
opposed to _astern_.--_Ahead of the reckoning_, is sailing beyond the
estimated position of the ship.--_Ahead_ is also used for progress; as,
_cannot get ahead_, and is generally applied to forward, in advance.

AHOLD. A term of our early navigators, for bringing a ship close to the
wind, so as to hold or keep to it.

AHOO, OR ALL AHOO, as our Saxon forefathers had it; awry, aslant,
lop-sided. (_See_ ASKEW.)

AHOY! _See_ HO!

A-HULL. A ship under bare poles and her helm a-lee, driving from wind
and sea, stern foremost. Also a ship deserted, and exposed to the
tempestuous winds.

AID, TO. To succour; to supply with provisions or stores.

AID-DE-CAMP. A military staff officer, who carries and circulates the
general's orders; and another class selected as expert at carving and
dancing. In a ship, flag-lieutenant to an admiral, or, in action, the
quarter-deck midshipmen to a captain.

AIGRE. The sudden flowing of the sea, called in the fens of
Lincolnshire, _acker_. (_See_ BORE.)

AIGUADE [Fr.] AGUADA [Sp.] Water as provision for ships.

AIGUADES. Watering-places on French coasts.

AIGUILLE _aimantee_, magnetic needle. ---- _de carene_, out-rigger. ----
_d'inclinaison_, dipping needle. ---- _de tre_, or _a ralingue_, a
bolt-rope needle.

AIGUILLES. The peculiar small fishing-boats in the Garonne and other
rivers of Guienne.

AIGULETS [Fr. _aiguillettes_]. Tagged points or cords worn across the
breast in some uniforms of generals, staff-officers, and special mounted
corps.

AILETTES. Small plates of steel placed on the shoulders in mediaeval
armour.

AIM. The direction of a musket, cannon, or any other fire-arm or missile
weapon towards its object.--_To take aim_, directing the piece to the
object.

AIR. The elastic, compressible, and dilatable fluid encompassing the
terraqueous globe. It penetrates and pervades other bodies, and thus
animates and excites all nature.--_Air_ means also a gentle breath of
wind gliding over the surface of the water.--_To air_, to dry or
ventilate.

AIR-BLADDER. A vesicle containing gas, situated immediately beneath the
spinal column in most fish, and often communicating by a tub