BEN 



having formed a mould or block to the iliape of the rib in 

 queftion, comprchend:ng the whole of its extent from top 

 to top-fide, that is, on both fides of the keel, bend the com- 

 ponent parts of the rib, according to the fhape of the block, 

 and fallen them together ; then, to confine the wliole rib in 

 its curvature, apply Hays or crols-bars, in thofe parts wliere 

 the form would be moft apt to change, and to convey the 

 rib, together with its Hays, till it lias been fufficiently con- 

 fined to its curvature, by the connexion given to it with 

 the planks, beams, and other parts of the (hip. Or, fecondly, 

 you may form the fhell of the Mp firll, without timbers, 

 beginning to build as it were by the planks, ufing only a 

 fet of temporary moulds or falfe ribs, to determine the 

 pofition of, and give a temporary fupport to, the planks. 

 When this is done, inftrt the timbers afterwards, preffing 

 and binding the component parts fucctffivtly into their 

 places and removing the falfe ribs, in proportion as tlie real 

 ones are put together and fcciired. Or, thirdly, initead of 

 the falfe nbs, you may infcrt a fufficient number of real ribs, 

 put together as in the firll method ; and then proceed 

 with the planks ar.d the reil of the ribs, as in the fecond 

 method. As to bending, it may, in ihis cafe, be performed 

 with or without the afliilance of fteaming, and with or 

 without the ufe of the expedient of dividing into thick- 

 neffes according as the degree of curvature muy require. In 

 clinker-work built boats, the ribs have been fometimes in- 

 ferted by bending them to the planks, but this is only done 

 in boats of the flighted clafs. See Ship. 



Bending, in the Sea Language, denotes faflening one rope 

 to another, or to different objects, and fafteiiing a fa-l to its 

 yard. — They f^y, bend the cable, when it is to be made fall 

 to the ring of the anchor. — To bend tivo cables, fignifies to 

 tie them together with a knot, which though lefs furc than 

 fplicing, is fooncrdone. To unbend the cable, is to loufcn it 

 from the ring of the anchor ; which is done when a fhip is 

 defigned to be long at fea. To bend a main fail, is to make 

 it fatt to its proper yard or flay. ; 



BENDLET, in Heraldry, is the firfftiiminutive of the 

 bend, and pofTtfTes one half of the breadth of the bend. 



BENDOAN, in Giography, a fmall ifland, 5 leagues 

 S. W. from cape St. Martin's, on the coafl of Spain, in the 

 Mediterranean, which lies to the fouth of weft from Yvica 

 ifland. It is north-call from Altea, and forms the limit of 

 the bay of Calp, or Carpi, of which the mount fo called is 

 the fouth-weft hmit. 



BENDORAN, a mountain of Scotland, in the county 

 of Argyle. 



BENDORF, a town of Germany, in the circle of Weft- 

 phalia, and county of Sayn, and in a prefccturate of the 

 fame name, feated not far from the Rhine, into which tlie 

 river Sayn empties itfelf at this place. It is inhabited by 

 Roman catholics and Lutherans, each of whom enjoy the 

 public exercife of ^hcir religion ; 5 miles N. of Coblentz. 



Bendorf Road, lies on the weft coaft of Ireland, and 

 is the eafternmoft of the roads between Ballyfhannon and 

 the ifland of Murry, or EnifmuiTy, as Bundat is the more 

 weftern. In both, Ihips may ride with fafety. 



BENDS, in a fhip, are the fame with wailes, or ivala, 

 which are the outerraoft timbers of a fhip, on which men fet 

 their feet in climbing up. 



They are reckoned from the water, the Jirjl, fecond, and 

 third bend : they help much to ftrengthen the fhip, and have 

 the beams, knees, and foothooks bolted into them. 



Bends denote alfo the fmall ropes ufed to confine the 

 clinch of a cable. For a common orfhect bend, pafs the end 

 of a rope through the bight of another rope, then round 

 and uaderaeath the Handing part ; but, to prevent its jamb- 



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BEN 



ing, pafs it round again under the ftanding part. The fheet of 

 a fail has the endpaffed up through the clue, then round the 

 clue, and underneath the Handing part. The rope of a buoy 

 is pafFed as a fheet, and has the end ftoppcd. Bends of a 

 cable-clinch are paffcd as a feizing. For a carrick bend, lay 

 the end of a rope, or hawfer, acrofs its Handing part ; then 

 take the end of another rope, or hawfer, and lay it under the 

 firft ftanding pat, at the ciofs, and over the end ; iheo 

 tlirougli the bight, under t!ie ftanding part ; then over its 

 own flanding part, a-d u:.dcrneath the bight again : it is 

 often ufed in halle to form a greater length, or to warp or 

 tow with. For n ffherman's bend, take a round turn with 

 the end of a rope, or hawfer, through the ring of an anchor, 

 &c. and a half hitch through both parts, and another half 

 hitch round the ftanding part ; then Hep the end. Ha'-jjfrr 

 beud'\s a hitch, with a throat and end feizing made on one 

 end, and the end of another hawfer reeved through the bight, 

 and hitched v/ith a throat and end feizing. Temporary bend 

 is commonly made to reeve through large blocks, thus : lay 

 three fathoms of the end of two hawfers together, and put 

 on a round feizing in the middle ; then reverie the ends to 

 each ftanding par!, and put on a tliroal feizing between each 

 end and the middle, and a round feizing on each end. 

 See Plate of Ship-Rigging. 



Bend-ways, or in Bend, in Heraldry, is fuch charges as 

 are placed fo as to occupy that part of the efcutcheon to 

 which tiie bend is allotted ; or fuch as are placed obliquely, 

 rtfcmblmg a bend. 



BENU V, a term ufed in Heraldry, when the efcutcheon 

 is divided bendways into an equal number of partitions : the 

 field may be bendy of eight, ten, twelve, or more. 

 ^iz/vj'-Bendy. See Barry. 

 Ccu«i-r/-BENDV. See Counter. 

 Pa/y-BENDY. See Paly. 

 BENE. See D-^ Bene Effe. 



Bene, in Geography, a town of Italy, in the principality 

 of Piedmont, and diftnil of Mondovi, defended by an an- 

 cient caftle, and containing about 4C00 inhabitants ; 28 miles 

 fouth of Turin. 



BENE APED, in the Sea Language, is faid of a (hip, 

 when the water does not flow high enough to bring her off 

 tiie ground, out of the dock, or over the bar. 



BEMECARLO, Besecalon, or Benicardo, \a Geo. 

 graphy, lies north-weft from Penifcola point, on the coaft of 

 Valentia, in Spain, in the Mediterranean, feated on a bay to 

 the north-eaft of the gulf of Valentia. It has no good roadj 

 fo that Ihios ufually he at Penifcola. 



BENEDETTO, in Biography. See Castiglione. 

 Benedetto, St., a town of Italy, in the duchy of 

 Mantua, 15 miles S.S.E. of Mantua. — Alfo, a town of 

 Italy, in the marquifate of Gorzegno, 12 miles tall of 

 Bene. 



BENEDICITE, in Ecchfiajlical Hijiory, is a name given 

 to the hymn, or fong of the tliree children in the fiery fur- 

 nace ; by reafon of its beginning with the words, " benedi- 

 cite omnia opera Dominum." The ufe of the bentdicite is 

 ver>- ancient ; it appearing to have been fung in all the Chrif- 

 tian churches as early as St. Chryfoftom's time. 



BENEDICT, St. m Biography, founder of the monaf- 

 tic order of Benediclins, was born in the province of Nur- 

 fia, in Italy, about the year 480. After having been edu- 

 cated at Rome, he retired, at the age of fourteen, to Sub- 

 laco, about 40 miles from that city, where he fecluded him- 

 felf from the world in a cavern for feveral years, till at length 

 he was difcovered bv the monks of a neighbouring monaf- 

 ter)-, and chofen for their abbot. Diflatisfied, however, 

 with their manners, he >vithdr«w from their fociety to hit 



folittide^ 



