jolly

This term is usually applied to a comely and corpulent person, but afloat it is a familiar name for a soldier.

♦ Tame jolly, a militiaman; royal jolly, a marine.

Jolly
·add. ·adj A marine in the English navy. II. Jolly ·superl Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
jolly
The head. I'll lump your jolly nob for you; I'll give you a knock on the head. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Jolly-boat
·noun A boat of medium size belonging to a ship. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
jolly nob
The head. I'll lump your jolly nob for you; I'll give you a knock on the head. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
jolly dog
A merry facetious fellow; a BON VIVANT, who never flinches from his glass, nor cries to go home to b...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
jolly-tail
n. a Tasmanian name for the largervariety of the fish Galaxias attenuatus, Jenyns, andother species...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
jolly-boat
A smaller boat than the cutter, but likewise clincher-built. It is generally a hack boat for small w...

The Sailor's Word-Book
jolly jumpers
Sails above the moon-rakers. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
jolly roger
A pirate's flag; a white skull in a black field. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
mersey jolly-tail
n. See jolly-tail. ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
pieman jolly-tail
n. See jolly-tail. ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris