A deficit in accounts.
A losing, or bad account. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·adj Pertaining to Flanders, or the Flemings. II. Flemish ·noun The language or dialect spoken by t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit. II. Account ·noun An estimate or estimation; val...
See Flemings' Church Yard. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
To coil down a rope concentrically in the direction of the sun, or coil of a watch-spring, beginning...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A kind of eye-splice, in which the ends are scraped down, tapered, passed oppositely, marled, and se...
A method of coiling a rope that runs freely when let go; differing from the French, and was used for...
, is the outer short foot-rope for the man at the earing; the outer end is spliced round a thimble o...
·- A book in which accounts are kept. ...
A correct return of the whole complement made every week when in harbour to the senior officer. Also...
A phrase for buccaneering. ...
That estimated by the log-board, and the last determined by observation. ...
The distance east and west, as computed from the ship's course and distance run, carried forward fro...
A return sent to the Admiral and Victualling Board, at the expiration of every three months. ...