A proper object of the admiralty jurisdiction.
·noun A compensation given to a hired person for services; price paid for labor; recompense; hire. ·...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Rate of (mention only in Matt. 20:2); to be punctually paid (Lev. 19:13; Deut. 24:14, 15); judgement...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
The earliest mention of wages is of a recompense, not in money, but in kind, to Jacob from Laban. (G...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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The Sailor's Word-Book
A foul anchor. ...
Thirteen pence halfpenny; which, according to the vulgar tradition, was thus allotted: one shilling ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
When a ship on a foreign station has been commissioned twelve calendar months, every petty officer, ...
is settled by act of parliament. In the merchant service seamen are paid by the month, and receive t...