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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[APRIL, 1906.
Bédar. - An elongated and flattened beak, broadening towards the tip (not unlike the bill
of an ornithorhyncus). V. also list of boat names. Bekas pengumpil. - Cratch for helmsman's steering oor or paddle. Bekas tombak sayang. - Cringle in the luff taking spar-bow-line. Bengku-bengku (kajang). - Crutches or solid forks for supporting awning (kajang), stepped in "joints" (internodes) of bamboo: native (Malay) awning rests for supporting
sides of awning only, Beranda. - Gallery or deckhouse ; lit., "verandah " (perhaps from the Portuguese). Ber ombong. - Mast-tabernacle. Birei. -"Side" of a boat (i.e., a thin, sharp boat-side as distinct from a boat-side with
broad gunwale, for which latter v. loper-leper). Bom (Dutch). - The "boom." Buah berambang. - The truck (lit., berembang fruit, so-called from an onion-shapened
fruit which grows on a big tree in the tidal mangrove swamps). In Jav. berembang =
onion. The fruit is acid and may be eaten. Buaya-buaya. – Lit., the “crocodile." The posts at bow and stern of some Malay boats,
which are nailed to the linggi (q.o.). Chabang guling. - Horizontal forked bow-and-stern gunwale-pieces, Cherok jegong. - Locker under bow-sheets. (Klinkert says : For stowing cable or sails,
ropes, &c.). Cherok jegong. - Bow and stern-lockers. Chupu-chupu tiang). - Mast-steps and partners. Dandan. - Projecting or bow or stern galleries, as in many old and some modern sailing
vessels. Dap'ras or daperaa, - A rope "fender" for protecting the side of a ship. Daun dayong. - Lit., 4 Oar-leaf"; s.c., oar-blade. Daun pengayuh. - Paddle-blade. Dayong. - Dar. Gading-gading. The ribs (lit., ivories or elephant-tasks) of a built-ap boat. Gai p'lang jib. - Bowsprit-staye. Gaing. - Klinkert says: Beak-like piece formed by the tapering of both stem and stern
of a ship above the keel. Gandar jauh. - Shank of anchor. Gelemal. - (horizontal) forked strengthening-piece inside stem of a river-boat or
ketiap only). Gula (also algula). - Grommets or oarloops (made of rattan, for oars). Jamban. - The "jakes." (Dinding jamoan, the side of the "jakes"); . jerambah. Jaring-jaring. - Lit., nettings or network (.e., the gratings of the flooring of a sampan, &c.). 2 wjempt. - Ensign-staff step. Jongor. - Jib-boom (spar on end of bow-sprit).
