A barn. CANT.--Also the captain of a Dutch vessel.
·noun A ship boy. II. Skipper ·noun A young, thoughtless person. III. Skipper ·noun One who, or th...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
i.q. Hopping fish (q.v.). ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
The cheese maggot.--Webster. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
The master of a merchant vessel. Also, a man-of-war's man's constant appellation for his own captain...
The Sailor's Word-Book