Selected mercantile houses, about fourteen, who manage the affairs of officers' pay, prizes, &c., for which the law authorizes a certain percentage. They hold powers of attorney to watch the interests of their clients.
·noun A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company. II. Navy ·noun...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Any assembly of ships, whether for commerce or war. More particularly the vessels of war which, belo...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Persons appointed in all parts of the commercial world, to forward accounts of the arrivals and depa...
·add. ·- Prussian blue. ...
·add. ·- A navy of vessels fitted out and manned by volunteers who sail under the flag of the regula...
On the south side of Crutched Friars and east of Seething Lane. In Tower and Aldgate Wards (Strype, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
The Fleet prison. Commander of the Fleet; the warden of the Fleet prison. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Bills of removal, transfer, &c., are not negotiable, nor can they be made other use of. ...
The commissioners of the navy collectively considered, but long since abolished. ...
See transport. ...
A royal arsenal for the navy. ...
See Lloyd's agents. ...
See Navy Office. ...
Certain officers formerly appointed to superintend the affairs of the navy, under the direction of t...
Formerly the chief commissioner of the navy board, at which he presided. ...
Two officers who formerly sat at the navy board, being invested with the charge of building and repa...
Superintendent of pay and general accounts of the navy. ...
The officer next in rank and power below the commander. There are several lieutenants in a large shi...
is settled by act of parliament. In the merchant service seamen are paid by the month, and receive t...
Large magazines where provisions and similar stores are deposited, conveniently contiguous to the ro...
Any seaman can leave his ship for the purpose of forthwith entering into the royal navy; and thus le...