A shirt. CANT.
·vt To send out with a charge or commission. II. Commission ·noun The acting under authority of, or...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The authority by which an officer officiates in his post. Also, an allowance paid to agents or fac...
The Sailor's Word-Book
When a commissioned officer is invalided, his vacancy is filled up pending the pleasure of the admir...
An authority granted by the Admiralty to a select officer in command of a vessel, to cruise wherever...
·add. ·- In the United States, a commission appointed by the President, consisting of three members,...
A ship where officers and men are paid off, and pennant hauled down. ...
Giving an entertainment to shipmates on receiving promotion. ...
A practice in our army, which has been aptly termed the "buying of fetters;" it is the obtaining pre...
The formal ceremony of hoisting the pennant on the ship to be fitted. This act brought the crew unde...