A recent establishment of vessels in which the volunteers composing the Royal Naval Reserve are drilled into practice.
·vi To sow in drills. II. Drill ·noun A row of seed sown in a furrow. III. Drill ·noun A small tri...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
to drill a man on, to decoy or flatter a man into a thing ; also to amuse with delays. D. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Systematized instruction in the practice of all military exercises. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Early used in foreign commerce by the Phoenicians (Gen. 49:13). Moses (Deut. 28:68) and Job (9:26) m...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
·- A drill driven by the elastic pressure of condensed air; a pneumatic drill. ...
·- A machine for drilling holes in metal, the drill being pressed to the metal by the action of a sc...
·add. ·- A machine tool for drilling slots, in which the work or tool has a lateral motion back and ...
Fatiguing exercise or extra drill for petty delinquencies. ...
The name by which the English builders designate those constructed of teak in India. ...
In a ship of war was, under the master-at-arms, employed to teach the sailors the use of small arms;...
Those kept in a certain state of preparation for war, though on a peace establishment. ...
Once a general name for square-rigged vessels: "A mackerel sky and mares' tails Make lofty ships...
Those which carry the naval stores for a fleet, as distinguished from the victuallers. ...
The ship's position resulting from the courses steered, and distances run by log, brought up from th...
The roll of the crew, containing every particular in relation to entry, former ships, &c. ...
The agent or broker who manages her accounts with regard to work performed, repairs, &c., under refi...
Dr. Hall's name for the bellows with which he forced the foul air out of ships. ...
Documents descriptive of a vessel, her owners, cargo, destination, and other particulars necessary f...
The person who manages the victualling or mess departments. In the navy, paymaster's steward. ...
Across the ship, or from one side to the other. (See athwart.) ...
A class of vessel of excellent account, during war, in the hands of government; far preferable to hi...
A register made of vessels according to the report rendered in by special surveyors. (See navy and L...
The same as easterlings. ...
See armour-clad. ...
When a ship sails over the transient track which another has just passed, i.e. passes close astern o...
Implies covering the bottom of a ship with broad-headed nails, so as to give her a sheathing of iron...
Formerly those of 74 guns and upwards; or in these iron days, any vessel capable of giving and takin...
An official record of a ship's size, the bills of lading, ownership, &c. ...
Arranging the crew for the ready execution of the evolutionary duties of a ship. ...
In this necessary process it is declared that papers of themselves prove nothing, and require to be ...
To retard a vessel's progress by bracing in the yards, so as to reduce the effect of the sails, or b...
An act which, by the maritime law of every court in Europe, not only excludes further proof, but doe...
To cross her path. ...
To slack out a rope to which a buoy has been attached, and let it go astern, for the purpose of brin...