Sneers.
Hypocritical and satirical sneers. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A bassoon: from its likeness to a syphon, called a purser's pump. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
The smallest dip-candle. ...
An assumed one. During the war, when pressed men caught at every opportunity to desert, they adopted...
The weight formerly used in the navy, by which the purser retained an eighth for waste, and the men ...
"Like a purser's shirt on a handspike;" a comparison for clothes fitting loosely. ...
The official who superintended and noted down the exact quantity and species of provisions issued to...
A slop article, which stretched to any amount put into it. (See show a leg!.) ...