Men who have been trained in a gunnery ship, and thereby become qualified to instruct others in that duty.
·pl of <<Seaman>>. II. Seamen ·pl of <<Seaman>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
To kiss the gunner's daughter; to be tied to a gun and flogged on the posteriors; a mode of punishin...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
The name of the gun to which boys were married, or lashed, to be punished. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Is shorter and flatter than the ordinary handspike, and is shod with iron at the point, so that it b...
A petty officer appointed to assist the gunner. ...
In destroying and bursting guns, means a fragment of the breech, which generally flies upward. ...
See quadrant. ...
An old rating for the man who made the cartridge-bags. ...
See yeoman. ...
A record of merchant seamen kept by the registrar-general of seamen. ...