A word added in hailing any part of a ship; as, "Forecastle there!" "Mast-head there!"
·pron In or at that place. II. There ·pron To or into that place; thither. III. There ·pron In tha...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·adv Concerning that. ...
These vulgar pleonasms are often heard in this country as well as in England. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
The call for a boat's crew; as, "away there! barge-men." ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The hail to the forecastle. ...
A phrase accompanied by pointing on a bearing, or to an object in sight. Thereabout, in that quarter...
,or ease away there! To slacken out a rope or tackle-fall carefully. ...
The order to hasten men from their hammocks. ...
The cry to call attention from aloft or below. ...
An old order to cease or be quiet. ...
Synonymous with that will do. ...
The night challenge of a sentry on his post. ...
Belay quickly. ...
An inquiry following an order, but very often needlessly. ...
The order of the boatswain for the crew to separate at muster, to facilitate the approach of any one...
Tell us no more of that. Discontinue your discourse. ...
First mention: Founded probably Temp. H. I. Mentioned in reign of K. John, 1210 (Bell, p. 1 ; Clark,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.