One whose duty is strictly to keep all books and official papers necessary for passing the captain's accounts at the admiralty.
·noun A clergyman or ecclesiastic. II. Clerk ·noun An assistant in a shop or store. III. Clerk ·no...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Any naval officer doing the duty of a clerk. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The jocose name given to the last sweeping clause, the thirty-sixth article of war: "All other cri...
See gig. ...
·- A clerk who registers passengers, baggage, ·etc., for conveyance, as by railway or steamship, or ...
·noun A feast for the benefit of the parish clerk. ...
·add. ·- A post-office clerk in charge of the nixies. ...
the parish clerk. Essex. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
A contemptuous expression for lubberly pretenders to having seen "better days," but who were forced ...
the title ascribed in our version to the magistrate at Ephesus who appeased the mob in the theatre a...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
A place of reserve on the platform deck, for the captain's wines and sea-stores. ...
An officer in the royal dockyards, who goes on board to muster the ship's company, of whom he keeps ...