AFP. N° IX.] TECHNICAL TERMS. 
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No. IX. 
Explanation of some of the TECHNICAL 
TERMS made use of in the foregoing Jour¬ 
nal. 
Bay-ice. —Ice newly formed upon the sea. 
Bearing. —The direction of an object in reference to the 
points of the compass, or the true meridian. In the 
former case it is the magnetic bearing, in the latter the 
true bearing.—See Trend. 
Beset. —Tlie state of a ship when so closely encompassed 
by ice, as to render her incapable of moving. 
Bight. —A bay in the outline of the ice. 
Blink. — A stratum of lucid whiteness which usually appears 
in the lower part of the atmosphere, over ice and land 
covered with snow. 'Hie latter, called land-blink, is 
commonly of a yellowish colour. The former, called 
ice-blink, bright white. 
Bore, or Boring. — The operation of forcing a passage 
through loose ice, under a pressure of sail, is termed 
“ boring.” 
Brash-ice. — Small nodules and fragments of ice, broken off 
by the attrition of one piece against another. 
Calf. — A portion of ice beneath a large mass, but not frozen 
to it, which shews itself on ope side, and is apt to be dis¬ 
engaged by a slight motion. 
Clear-zoater. — Either an opening among the ice, or an en¬ 
tire sea quite unincumbered with ice. 
Cross-ice. — Loose ice, affording a dubious and difficult pas¬ 
sage to a ship. 
