The Sailor's Word-Book Part 140

JULIO. An Italian coin, worth about sixpence.

JUMPERS. The short external duck-frock worn by sail-makers, artificers, riggers, &c., to preserve the clothing beneath.

JUMP-JOINTED. When the plates of an iron vessel are flush, as in those that are carvel-built.

JUNCO. _See_ PURRE.

JUNGADA. A balza, or simple kind of raft, of several logs of wood, fitted with a tilt, and used on the coasts of Peru. It has a mast and sails, and by means of a rudder, not unlike a sliding keel in principle, is capable of working to windward. (_See_ GUARA.)

JUNGLE. A wilderness of wood; in Bengal the word is also applied to a tract covered with long gra.s.s, which grows to an extraordinary height.

Jungles are dreaded for the fevers they engender.

JUNK. The Chinese junk is the largest vessel built by that nation, and at one period exceeding in tonnage any war-vessels then possessed by England. The extreme beam is one-third from the stern; it shows no stem, it being chamfered off. The bow on deck is square, over which the anchors slide fore and aft. Having no keel, and being very full at the stern, a huge rudder is suspended, which at sea is lowered below the depth of the bottom. The masts are immense, in one piece. The cane sails are lug and heavy. The hull is divided into water-tight compartments, like tanks.--_Junk_ is also any remnants or pieces of old cable, or condemned rope, cut into small portions for the purpose of making _points_, _mats_, _swabs_, _gaskets_, _sinnet_, _oak.u.m_, and the like (which see). Also, a dense cellular tissue in the head of the sperm-whale, infiltrated with spermaceti. Also, salt beef, as tough to the teeth as bits of rope, whence the epithet.

JUNKET. A long basket for catching fish.--_Junketting_, good cheer and hearty jollification.

JUPITER. The longest known of the superior planets, and the largest in the solar system; it is accompanied by four satellites.

JURATORY CAUTION. A process in the instance court of the admiralty, to which a party is discretionally admitted on making oath that he is unable to find sureties.

JUREBa.s.sO. A rating in former times given to a handy man, who was partly interpreter and partly purchaser of stock.

JURISDICTION. Right, power, or authority which magistrates or courts have to administer justice.--_Within jurisdiction of civil powers_, as regards naval matters, is within a line drawn from headland to headland in sight of each other, and forming part of the same county. The admiralty jurisdiction is confined to three miles from the coast in civil matters, but exists wherever the flag flies at sea in criminal.

JURY-MAST. A temporary or occasional mast erected in a s.h.i.+p in the place of one which has been carried away in a gale, battle, &c. Jury-masts are sometimes erected in a new s.h.i.+p to navigate her down a river, or to a neighbouring port, where her proper masts are prepared for her. Such jury-masts are simply less in dimension for a light-trimmed vessel; as a frigate would have a brig's spars.

JURY-RUDDER. A contrivance, of which there are several kinds, for supplying a vessel with the means of steering when an accident has befallen the rudder.

JUS PISCANDI. The right of fis.h.i.+ng.

JUWAUR. The spring-flood of the Ganges and adjacent rivers.

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KAAG. A Manx or Gaelic term for a forelock, stopper, or linch-pin.

KABBELOW. Cod-fish which has been salted and hung for a few days, but not thoroughly dried. Also, a dish of cod mashed.

KABOZIR. A chief or governor on the African coast.

KABURNS. The old name for nippers.

KAFILA. A well-known Eastern word, meaning a party with camels travelling or sojourning; but it was also applied by our early voyagers to convoys of merchant s.h.i.+ps.

KAIA. An old term for a quay or wharf.

KAIQUE. _See_ CAIQUE.

KALBAZ, OR HALBAZ. p.r.o.nounced _kalva_; one of the best Turkish delicacies, composed of honey, must, and almonds, beat up together.

KALENDAR. Time accommodated to the uses of life. (_See_ ALMANAC.)

KALI. _Salsola kali_, a marine plant, generally burned to supply soda for the gla.s.s manufactories. Sub-carbonate of pota.s.s.

KAMSIN. A south-westerly wind which blows over Egypt in March and April, generally not more than three successive days at a time. Its name signifies the wind of fifty days, not as blowing for such a period, but because it only occurs during fifty days of March and April.

KANJIA. A pa.s.sage-boat of the Nile.

KANNA. A name for _ginseng_ (which see).

KARAVALLA. _See_ CARAVEL.

KARBATZ. A common boat of Lapland.

KAT. A timber vessel used on the northern coasts of England.

KATABATHRA. Subterraneous pa.s.sages in certain mountains in Greece, through which the superfluous waters are discharged.

KATAN. A j.a.panese sword, otherwise _cattan_.

KATTAN. A corruption of _yataghan_ (which see).

KATTY. _See_ CATTY.

KAULE. A license for trade, given by the authorities in India to our early voyagers.

KAVA. A beverage, in the South Sea Islands, made by steeping the _Piper inebrians_ in water.

KAVER. A word used in the Hebrides for a gentle breeze.

KAY, OR KEY [probably from the Dutch _kaayen_, to haul]. A place to which s.h.i.+ps are hauled. Knoll or head of a shoal--_kaya_, Malay.

KAYAK. A fis.h.i.+ng-boat in all the north polar countries; most likely a corrupted form of the eastern _kaique_ by our early voyagers.

KAYNARD. A term of reproach amongst our early voyagers, probably from _canis_.

KAYU-PUTIH, OR CAJEPUTI OIL. From the Malay words _kayu_, wood; and _putih_, oil; the useful oil obtained from the _Melaleuca leucadendron_.

KAZIE. A Shetland fis.h.i.+ng-boat.

K.C.B. Sigla of Knight Commander of the most honourable military order of the Bath.

KEAVIE. A coast name for a species of crab that devours cuttle-fish greedily.

KEAVIE-CLEEK. In the north a crooked piece of iron for catching crabs.