A losing, or bad account.
A deficit in accounts. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·adj Pertaining to Flanders, or the Flemings. II. Flemish ·noun The language or dialect spoken by t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit. II. Account ·noun An estimate or estimation; val...
See Flemings' Church Yard. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
To coil down a rope concentrically in the direction of the sun, or coil of a watch-spring, beginning...
A kind of eye-splice, in which the ends are scraped down, tapered, passed oppositely, marled, and se...
A method of coiling a rope that runs freely when let go; differing from the French, and was used for...
, is the outer short foot-rope for the man at the earing; the outer end is spliced round a thimble o...
·- A book in which accounts are kept. ...
A correct return of the whole complement made every week when in harbour to the senior officer. Also...
A phrase for buccaneering. ...
That estimated by the log-board, and the last determined by observation. ...
The distance east and west, as computed from the ship's course and distance run, carried forward fro...
A return sent to the Admiral and Victualling Board, at the expiration of every three months. ...