Comprehends every officer and man on board ship, borne as complement on the books. There are in ships of war several particular crews or gangs, as the gunner's, carpenter's, sail-maker's, blacksmith's, armourer's, and cooper's crews.
·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
Thieves, beggars, and gypsies, or any others using the canting lingo. See lingo. ...
The men appointed as the crew of any particular boat, as the barge's crew, cutter's crew, &c. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Consists of a portion of the crew, provided for ship-carpentry and ship-building. In ships of war th...
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...
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.) ...