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Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges.

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William Falconer (1830). “A New and Universal Dictionary of the Marine: Being, a Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Usually Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Machinery, Movements, and Military, as Well as Naval Operations of Ships: with Such Parts of Astronomy, and Navigation, as Will be Found Useful to Practical Navigators”, p.438

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Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges. - William Falconer

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