Those who have gone through the round of instruction given in a training-ship.
·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Pass>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The having undergone a regular examination for preferment. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Guineas. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
guineas. Exm. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Hard dumplings boiled in salt water. A corruption of dough-balls. ...
The apprentices in fishing vessels. ...
, or side-men. Those appointed to attend the gangways when boats come alongside, and offer the man...
A name given on the West Coast of Africa to the native Kroo-men, who are engaged by the shipping to ...