The hail to the forecastle.
·noun An agreement; a covenant; a promise. II. Forward ·adv ·Alt. of <<Forwards>>. III. Forward ·a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
pretty forward ; i. e, almost drunk. North. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
In the fore-part of the ship; the same as afore. Also, the word of command when troops are to resume...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·pron In or at that place. II. There ·pron To or into that place; thither. III. There ·pron In tha...
A word added in hailing any part of a ship; as, "Forecastle there!" "Mast-head there!" ...
Said of the wind when it draws before the beam. ...
This term is applied to masts when they incline forward out of the vertical line; the opposite of ra...
·adv Concerning that. ...
These vulgar pleonasms are often heard in this country as well as in England. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
The call for a boat's crew; as, "away there! barge-men." ...
A phrase accompanied by pointing on a bearing, or to an object in sight. Thereabout, in that quarter...
,or ease away there! To slacken out a rope or tackle-fall carefully. ...
The order to hasten men from their hammocks. ...
The cry to call attention from aloft or below. ...
An old order to cease or be quiet. ...
Synonymous with that will do. ...
The night challenge of a sentry on his post. ...
Belay quickly. ...
An inquiry following an order, but very often needlessly. ...
The order of the boatswain for the crew to separate at muster, to facilitate the approach of any one...
Tell us no more of that. Discontinue your discourse. ...
First mention: Founded probably Temp. H. I. Mentioned in reign of K. John, 1210 (Bell, p. 1 ; Clark,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.