A division of one-fourth of the crew into watches, which in light winds and well-conducted ships is enough; but the officers are in three, and they must not be found nodding.
·vt To <<Tend>>; to <<Guard>>; to have in keeping. II. Watch ·vi To serve the purpose of a watchman...
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The division of the ship's company into two parties, one called the starboard, and the other the lar...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·vt Friendship; amity; concord. II. Quarter ·vi To <<Lodge>>; to have a temporary residence. III. ...
This term literally implies one quarter of the ship, but in common parlance applies to 45° abaft the...
The arrangement of the crew in two watches. ...
·add. ·- A detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck at night when a vessel is at anchor. ...
·add. ·- A religious meeting held in the closing hours of the year. ...
At the south-east corner of St. Sepulchre's Church Yard on the north side of Snow Hill (Strype, ed. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
A venereal bubo in the groin. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
The men on deck-duty from noon till 4 P.M. ...
A subdivision of the watch kept constantly on deck during the time the ship lies at single anchor, t...
The job-watch for taking an observation, compared before and after with the chronometer. ...
The half-watches of two hours each, from 4 to 6, and from 6 to 8, in the evening. By this arrangemen...
The men on deck-duty from 8 P.M. till midnight. ...
, or job-watch (which see). ...
A division or subdivision of the watch kept on night-duty, when the ship rides at single anchor, to ...
, or hack-watch , for taking astronomical sights, which saves taking the chronometer on deck or on...
The old term for port-watch. The division of a ship's company called for duty, while the other, the ...
The portion of the crew on deck-duty from midnight to 4 A.M. ...
Those of the crew on watch from 4 to 8 A.M. ...
The pocket "watch and station bill," which each officer is expected to produce if required, and inst...
The half-hour glasses employed to measure the periods of the watch, so that the several stations the...
In the army, retreat, or the time for mounting the night-guards. ...
A small luff purchase with a short fall, the double block having a tail to it, and the single one a ...
·- An <<Ovolo>>. ...
·noun That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one. ...
·add. ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. To saw (a log) into quarters; specif., to saw into quarters and then into boar...
·adj Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five; — said of portraitures. ...
An ox cheek. ...
See quarter, last. ...
When the moon appears exactly as a half-moon, 90° from the sun towards the east, she is in the first...
When the moon appears exactly as a half-moon, and her angular distance from the sun 90°, but towards...
Artificial galleries; a carved ornament near the stern of those vessels which have no quarter-galler...
A list containing the different stations to which the officers and crew are quartered in time of act...
Blocks fitted under the quarters of a yard, on each side the slings, for the topsail-sheets, topsail...
Any boat is thus designated which is hung to davits over the ship's quarter. ...
One-half of a hogshead, or 28 imperial gallons. ...
Long pieces of painted canvas, extended on the outside of the quarter-netting, from the upper part o...
Pieces of iron or timber with sheaves or blocks at their outer ends, projecting from a vessel's quar...
That part of the upper deck which is abaft the main-mast. (See decks, and jack's quarter-deck.) ...
Those officers more remarkable for etiquette than for a knowledge of seamanship. ...
Punctilious, severe. ...
See fast. ...
See flood. ...
A sort of balcony with windows on the quarters of large ships. (See gallery.) ...
A Barbary cruiser. ...
A small guard posted in front of each battalion in camp. ...
See gunner. ...
From the quarter-deck to the poop. ...
A dockyard officer employed to superintend a certain number of workmen. ...
A petty officer, appointed to assist the master and mates in their several duties, as stowing the ho...
The places allotted on the quarters for the stowage of hammocks, which, in action, serve to arrest m...
Projections at the after-part of the quarter, forming the boundaries of the galleries. ...
A subdivision of the compass-card, equal to 2° 48′ 45″ of the circle. ...
Those made in the after side-timbers, and especially in round-stern vessels. They are inconvenient f...
Narrow moulded planks, reaching from the stern to the gangway, and serving as a fence to the quarter...
The engraved index on the base-rings of cannon in quarter degrees from point-blank to two or three d...
Are supports attached to a yard or other spar at one or both sides of (but not in) its centre. ...
Strong iron stanchions in a square-sterned vessel, connecting the main-rail with the taffrail; used ...
A strong tackle fixed occasionally upon the quarter of the main-yard, to hoist heavy bodies in or ou...
The framing timbers in a vessel's quarter. ...
Blowing upon a vessel's quarter, abaft the main-shrouds. ...
See water-shot ...
On the west side of Bishopsgate, south of St. Botolph's Bishopsgate Churchyard. "Ye olde Watch Hous...
At the northern end of Red Cross Street at its junction with the Barbican (Rocque, 1746). Removed i...
See Old Watch House. ...
Removed 1830, when the system of parochial watching was superseded by the establishment of the polic...
This is done every four hours, except at the dog-watches, to relieve those on deck, also by pipe. "A...
A luff purchase. (See watch-tackle.) ...
To have charge of the deck. Also, the act of being on watch-duty. ...
A duty performed nightly at 8 P.M., and repeated when the watch is relieved up to 4 A.M. ...
The military night guard or watch at the evening gun-fire. Naval watches are not interfered with by ...
The deck elevation forward in some vessels, often called a top-gallant forecastle. ...
Being in that position with regard to a ship, as to be included in the angles which diverge from rig...
See netting. ...
A term implying the executive in general; officers whose places in action are there, in command. ...
Is the head of that department of the army which has charge of the quartering, encamping, embarking,...
A sheep's heart and pluck. ...
A sheep's head And pluck. ...
To shift as well as we can; to contend with a difficulty. To depend on one's own exertions. ...
The senior or passed midshipman is responsible to the officer of the watch. He heaves the log, inser...
The lieutenant or other officer who has charge of, and commands, the watch. ...
To moor quartering, between the two ways of across and along. ...
, or top-gallant bulwarks. See quarter-boards. ...
See quarter, first. ...
A phrase signifying to take the rank of an officer. ...
Colloquially called the midshipman's parade. ...