Various statutes by which the legislature of Great Britain has in a certain degree restricted the intercourse of foreign vessels with her own ports, or those of her dependent possessions; the object being to promote the increase of British shipping.
·noun Ships in general. II. Navigation ·noun The management of sails, rudder, ·etc.; the mechanics ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The art of conducting vessels on the sea, not only by the peculiar knowledge of seamanship in all it...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A term applied to coasting trade. ...
Though expiring with each war, are usually revived nearly in the same form. ...
The management of vessels propelled by steam-power. ...
The title now given to the fifth and last of the historical books of the New Testament. The author s...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Said of smugglers of old. ...
the fifth book in the New testament and the second treatise by the author of the third Gospel, tradi...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary