The roll of the crew, containing every particular in relation to entry, former ships, &c.
Cards to play with. To plant the books; to place the cards in the pack in an unfair manner. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
(See ship's books.) Official documents. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Early used in foreign commerce by the Phoenicians (Gen. 49:13). Moses (Deut. 28:68) and Job (9:26) m...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
In Garter Court, Barbican, at No. 3, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831). "Carte...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Cards. ...
Accounts of the expenditure of the warrant officer's stores, attested by the signing officers. ...
Those in which the warrant officers make their immediate entries of expenditure. ...
The name by which the English builders designate those constructed of teak in India. ...
In a ship of war was, under the master-at-arms, employed to teach the sailors the use of small arms;...
Those kept in a certain state of preparation for war, though on a peace establishment. ...
A recent establishment of vessels in which the volunteers composing the Royal Naval Reserve are dril...
Once a general name for square-rigged vessels: "A mackerel sky and mares' tails Make lofty ships...
Those which carry the naval stores for a fleet, as distinguished from the victuallers. ...
The ship's position resulting from the courses steered, and distances run by log, brought up from th...
The agent or broker who manages her accounts with regard to work performed, repairs, &c., under refi...
Dr. Hall's name for the bellows with which he forced the foul air out of ships. ...
Documents descriptive of a vessel, her owners, cargo, destination, and other particulars necessary f...
The person who manages the victualling or mess departments. In the navy, paymaster's steward. ...
Across the ship, or from one side to the other. (See athwart.) ...
A class of vessel of excellent account, during war, in the hands of government; far preferable to hi...
The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e....
The LXX. translators regarded the books of Samuel and of Kings as forming one continuous history, wh...
The making of a new complete-book after payment, in which the dead, run, or discharged men are omitt...
Four books which bear the common title of "Maccabees" are found in some MSS. of the LXX. Two of thes...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
are not separated from each other in the Hebrew MSS., and, from a critical point of view, must be re...
A register made of vessels according to the report rendered in by special surveyors. (See navy and L...
The same as easterlings. ...
See armour-clad. ...
The two books of Kings formed originally but one book in the Hebrew Scriptures. The present division...
There were originally five books of the Maccabees. The first contains a history of the war of indepe...
When a ship sails over the transient track which another has just passed, i.e. passes close astern o...
Implies covering the bottom of a ship with broad-headed nails, so as to give her a sheathing of iron...
Formerly those of 74 guns and upwards; or in these iron days, any vessel capable of giving and takin...
An official record of a ship's size, the bills of lading, ownership, &c. ...
Arranging the crew for the ready execution of the evolutionary duties of a ship. ...
In this necessary process it is declared that papers of themselves prove nothing, and require to be ...
To retard a vessel's progress by bracing in the yards, so as to reduce the effect of the sails, or b...
An act which, by the maritime law of every court in Europe, not only excludes further proof, but doe...
the name originally given to the record made by the appointed historiographers in the kingdoms of Is...
originally only one book in the Hebrew canon, from in the LXX. and the Vulgate the third and fourth ...
To cross her path. ...
To slack out a rope to which a buoy has been attached, and let it go astern, for the purpose of brin...