NAVIGATION
from Noah Webster's Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
Sound, v.t.
To try, as the depth of water and the quality of the ground, by sinking a plummet or lead, attached to a line on which are marked the number of fathoms. The lower end of the lead is covered with tallow, by means of which some portion of the earth, sand, gravel, shells, &c. of the bottom, adhere to it and are drawn up. By these means, and the depth of water and the nature of the bottom, which are carefully marked on good charts, seamen may known how far a ship is from land in the night or in thick weather, and in many cases when the land is too remote to be visible.
Spray, n.
The water that is driven from the top of a wave in a storm, which spreads and flies in small particles. It differs from spoon-drift; as spray is only occasional, whereas spoon-drift flies continually along the surface of the sea.
Unlocated, a.
In America, unlocated lands are such new or wild lands as have not been surveyed, appropriated or designated by marks, limits or boundaries, to some individual, company or corporation.
Cast, n.
The distance passed by a thing thrown; or the space through which a thing thrown may ordinarily pass; as, about a stone's cast. A flight; a number of hawks let go at once.
Blinkard, n.
That which twinkles, or glances, as a dim star, which appears and disappears.