The rank in the fleet next to that of an admiral; he carries his flag at the fore.
·noun The ship which carries the admiral; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet. II. Admiral ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The derivation of this noble title from the Greek almyros, from the Latin admirabilis, from the Saxo...
The Sailor's Word-Book
vĭce and vĭcem, v. vicis. ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
vice, vicem see vicis. ...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
·noun A gripe or grasp. II. Vice ·vt To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice. III. Vi...
The officer in command of the third division of a fleet, whose flag is at the mizen. ...
A retired post-captain, who, not having served his time in that rank, is not entitled to his promoti...
·adj Of or pertaining to a viceroy or viceroyalty. ...
An officer appointed in sea-ports to aid the consul in affairs relating to merchant vessels. If ther...
A screw. ...
A drunken man that pisses under the table into his companions' shoes. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Opprobriously applied to those who would "drink anything;" from the tale of the drunkard who stole s...
Branches of the High Court of Admiralty, instituted for carrying on the like duties in several of ou...
who carries his flag on the main-mast. A landlord or publican wearing a blue apron, as was formerly ...
One who from drunkenness vomits into the lap of the person sitting opposite to him. SEA PHRASE. ...
Not responsible for money transmitted under proper precautions, and in the usual course of business,...