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always, and the courfes generally, reefed with points, 

 which are flat braiikd pieces of cordage, whole lengths are 

 nearly double the circniiiference of the yard. 'I'hele, being 

 infertcd in the eyelet-holes, are fixed in the fail by means ot 

 two knots in the middle, one of which is before, and the 

 other behind the reef-band. In order to reef the top-fails 

 with greater facility and expedition, they are lowered down, 

 and made to fliiver in the wind, which confiderably relaxes 

 their tenfion. The extremities of the reef are then drawn 

 up to the yard-arms by an aflembly of pullies communicating 

 with the deck, termed the reef-tackle ; and they are fecurely 

 falkned to the yard-arms by finall cords, called earings. 

 The fpace of fail, comprehended in the reef, is then laid 

 fmoothly over the yard, in feveral folds or doubles ; and 

 the whole is completed by tying the points above the yard, 

 fo as to bind the reef clofe up to it. The courfes of large 

 ihips are reefed either with points or fmall cords, which 

 are thence called reef-lines. In the latter cafe, the line is 

 pafled fpirally througii the eyelet-holes of the reef, and 

 ever the head of the fail alternately, and afterwards Itrained 

 as tight as poffible. It mud be oblerved, however, tiiat the 

 reef-line is fometimcs paffed round the yard, and lometiiries 

 only round the head of the fail ; and each of thefe methods 

 has its advocates. But if it fliould appear edcntial to pre- 

 vent the fridlion by which a fail is galled between the line 

 and the yard, and as the rope-bands are hifficienl to lulhiin 

 the effort of the fail, it is better to pafs the line only round 

 the fail, provided that the turns are infertcd through the 

 roband legs ; a circumftance carefully pradtifed by every 

 Ikilful failor. The fame reafon may be alleged in favour of 

 tying the points of the courfes in the fame manner ; /'. e. 

 the after-end of the point Ihould be thrull forward between 

 the head of the fail and the yard ; and the fore -end of the 

 faid point fhould come aft over the head of the fail and alio 

 under the yard ; and thus crofled over the head of the lail, 

 the point fliouki be extended, and the two ends brought 

 over the yard ; and tied on the upper fide of it as ftraight 

 as poflible. 



When a fail is i-eefed at the bottom, it is done by knittles, 

 which, being thriift through the eyelet-holes of it, are tied 

 firmly about the fpace of canvas of which the reef is com- 

 poled, and knotted on the lower fide of the bolt-rope. 

 Thefe knittles are accordingly removed as foon as the reef 

 is let out. Falconer. 



REEK, in Rural Economy, a term provincially ufed for 

 ftack. See Stack and Rick. 



^iD-.K-Stavel, a term applied to a frame of wood placed 

 on ftone, on whicli the mow or Itack is railed. It is fonie- 

 times written Reel: Slajfold. 



REEL, in the I^Ianufador'us, a machine ferving for the 

 office of reeling. 



There are various kinds of reels ; fome very fimple, 

 others very comple;:. Of the former kinds, thofe moll in 

 ufe are, 



1. A little reel, held in the hand, confifting of three 

 pieces of wood, the biggeft and longelt whereof (which 

 docs not exceed a foot and a half in length, and a quarter of 

 an inch in diameter,) is traverfed by two other pieces dif- 

 pofed different ways. 



2. The common reel, or windlace, which turns upon a 

 pivot, and has four flights, traverfed by long pins, or llicks, 

 on which the (kain to be reeled is put ; and which are drawn 

 clofer or opened wider, according to the fkain. 



Other reels ufed in particular arts, are explained under 

 their particular articles ; as the reel ufed in milHng of filk, 

 under the article Milling; and that in the reeling or 

 winding of filks, under the article of Silk, &•:. 



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Rekls, to reel ropes on from a fix-threaj ratline to a two- 

 inch rope, have four ribs fixed at each end in a flat circular 

 piece of wood ; and round the edges are blades, or handles, 

 to turn them : one of the circular pieces is called the head, 

 and is made to Hide off for taking the coil away. They turn 

 on an iron fpindle, and are from ten to thirty-fix inches long, 

 and from twelve to eighteen inches diameter. The Bench- 

 reel ufed by fail-makers is fimilar to a fpinning-wheel, and 

 is ufed to expedite winding the twine from the Ikains to the 

 twine-reel. Log-reels have feveral ribs fixed in a circular 

 piece of board at each end, and turn or run upon a fpindle, 

 having a handle at one end. (See Loo.) Tiuine-reelt, 

 ufed by fail-makers, are fliort cyhndrical pieces of wood, 

 hollowed in the middle to receive the twine, with a hole 

 through the middle for the fpindle. Thofe ufed by rope- 

 makers have four oak bars, about eighteen inches Ion", 

 framed together at the ends on a wooden fpindle ; one of the 

 bars Aides, for the convenieiicy of taking off the twine. The 

 Tarn-reel confills of a circular board fallened horizontally 

 on the middle of a piece of oak tour inches fquare, and fix- 

 teen long, with a hole through its middle to receive a bolt, 

 on which it turns as its axis, and is ufed to wind fpun- 

 yarn off the coil. The Hand-reel is a narrow board, witii 

 three or four holes at each end, in which pegs are fixed for 

 reeling marline and other lines. 



REELFOOT, in Geography, a fmall navigable river of 

 America, in Tennelfee, which dilcharges itfelf into the river 

 Miflilippi, about 35 miles S. of the Ohio. It is 30 yards 

 wide feven miles from its mouth. One of its branches rifcs 

 on the borders of Kentucky. 



REELING, in the Manvfaaor'us, the winding of thread, 

 filk, cotton, or the like, into a fkain, or upon a bottom, to 

 prevent its entangling. 



It is alfo ufed for the charging or difcharging of bobbins, 

 or quills, to ufe them in the manufa£lure ot different ItufTs, 

 as thread, lilk, cotton, &c. 



Reeling is performed different ways, and by different 

 engines. 



REEM, in Zoology. See Rhinoceros Unicornis. 



REEMING, a term ufed by caulkers for openfii"- the 

 feams of the planks with reeming-irons, that the oakum 

 may be more readily admitted. To make any hole larger 

 is alfo termed reeming. 



REEMING-Zronj-, are the largefl irons ufed by caulkers in 

 opening the feams. 



REEMSTOWN, or Reamstowx, in Geography, a 

 fmall poll -town of America, in Lancafter county, Pennfyl- 

 vania, fituated on a llreani which runs into Calico creek, a 

 water of Coneifoga, which falls into the Sufquehannah ; 

 26 miles N.E. of Lancafter. 



REEN, a river of Norway, in the province of Drontheim, 

 which runs into the Glomme ; 20 miles N. of Opfal. 



Reen' Moffa, a name ufed by fome for the mountain 

 coralloides, or rein-deer mofs. 



REENBERG, Tiieocakus, in Biography, a celebrated 

 Danifli poet, was born at Viborg in 1 656. where he was 

 educated. In 1680 he let out on his travels into foreign 

 countries, after having undergone aii examination by the 

 theological faculty, and he returned to Denmark in 1682. 

 In 1703 he. was appointed fourth judge in Jutland. In 

 1730 he became counfellor of juftice, and he died in 1742. 

 His poetical works were publiih.-d at Copenhagen in 1760, 

 by his grandfon Tielmann, with a preface by Kofod Anker, 

 and annotations by Luxdorph. Gen. Biog. 



REENSKLOSSER, in Geography, a town of Norway j 

 12 miles N-N.W. cf Drontheim. 



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