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CLOYNE

Volume 3 · 104 words · 1778 Edition

a city and bishop's see of Ireland, in the county of Cork, and province of Munster: W. Long. S. c. N. Lat. 51° 40'.

CLUE of a sail, the lower corner; and hence CLUE-GARNETS, are a sort of tackles fastened to the clues, or lower corners of the main-fall, or fore-fall, to truss them up to the yard as occasion requires, which is usually termed clueing up the falls.

CLUE-LINES are for the same purpose as clue-garnets; only that the latter are confined to the courses, whereas the former are common to all the square-falls. See these ropes as represented in the article SHIP.