Understood by captains having the key, but totally incomprehensible to other persons.
·noun Privacy; retirement. II. Private ·noun The private parts; the genitals. III. Private ·noun O...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The proper designation of a soldier serving in the ranks of the army, holding no special position. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign. II. Signal ·vt To communicate by signals; as...
Commissions of privateers do not extend to the capture of private property on land; a right not even...
·add. ·- One of the danger signals or safety signals which guide the movement of trains in a block s...
·add. ·- A signal consisting of a white flag with a black center, used by the United States Weather ...
·add. ·- Any signal giving information about the weather. The system used by the United States Weath...
·add. ·- In general, any signal announcing information concerning winds, and ·esp. the expected appr...
The yeoman of the signals; a first-class petty officer in the navy. ...
In a repeating frigate, a signal-midshipman; in a flag-ship, a flag-lieutenant. ...
The hoisting of a danger-flag. Also, Fitzroy's drum and cone, which show the direction of the expect...
Hoisted to warn vessels not to pass a bar. Also, to warrant higher pay to watermen plying between Po...
When a ship is in imminent danger, she hoists her national flag upside down, and, if she is armed, f...