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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 55 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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RULE VI .—CARRYING

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PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

PRESS OF SAIL—DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF SAILS Damage to or loss of sails and spars, or either of them, caused by forcing a

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SHIP

ship off the grgµnd or by

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DRIVING (from " to drive," i.e. generally to propel, force along or in, a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages)

driving her higher up the ground, for the

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COMMON

common safety, shall be made

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GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good as G.A.; but where a ship is afloat, no loss or damage caused to the ship,

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CARGO (Span. for " loading," from Lat. carries, car)

cargo and

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FREIGHT, (pronounced like " weight "; derived from the Dutch vracht or vrecht, in Fr. fret, the Eng. " fraught " being the same word, and formerly used for the same thing, but now only as an adjective= " laden ")

freight, or any of them, by carrying a press of

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SAIL

sail, shall be made good as G.A .

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