The men appointed as the crew of any particular boat, as the barge's crew, cutter's crew, &c.
·noun The Manx shearwater. II. Crew ·Impf of <<Crow>>. III. Crew ·- imp. of <<Crow>>. IV. Crew ·n...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A knot or gang; also a boat or ship's company. The canting crew are thus divided into twenty-three o...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Comprehends every officer and man on board ship, borne as complement on the books. There are in ship...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Thieves, beggars, and gypsies, or any others using the canting lingo. See lingo. ...
Consists of a portion of the crew, provided for ship-carpentry and ship-building. In ships of war th...
Vessels of the Western Isles of Scotland, carrying ten or twelve men. They are extremely sharp fore ...
Lashings for the secure stowage of boats. (See gripes.) ...
Those stowed on the booms. ...
Those which fished under the encouragement of a bounty from government. ...
See death ...
Vessels or wherries duly licensed for conveying passengers across a river or creek. ...
A local term for boats employed in carrying passengers to and fro from steamers which cannot get alo...
The order to hoist the boats in-board. ...
See masulah boats ...
Madras boats, of which the planks are sewed together with coir yarn, crossing the stitches over a wa...
The order to hoist out the boats. ...
A peculiar Ceylon boat, for the conveyance of rice and other necessaries. ...
Wherries, and the like, which ply in harbours and rivers for the conveyance of passengers. ...
Small boats or wherries plying for hire at sea-ports. ...
Contraband traders on the coast of China; opium boats. ...
Are built with great flatness of floor, with extreme breadth, carried well forward and aft, and poss...
The order to hoist the boats to the stern and quarter davits. ...
All officers; a saying of a company where everyone strives to rule. ...
The crew of a banker, or fishing-vessel, which anchors in 60 or 70 fathoms on the Great Bank of Newf...
The seats in the after-part whereon the passengers sit; properly stern-sheets, the others are athwar...
Boats made to fit the paddle-box rim, stowed bottom upwards on each box. ...
A narrow strake of board fastened withinside to support the thwarts. ...
A bar to any claim on warrantry; as it is an implied condition in the sea-worthiness of a ship, that...
This bars the owner's claim on the sea-worthy warrant. (See incompetency of a merchantman's crew.) ...