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Wreck
(·vt & ·noun) ·see 2d & 3d Wreak. II. Wreck ·vi To suffer wreck or ruin. III. Wreck ·vt The remain...

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wreck
The destruction of a ship by stress of weather, rocks, &c.; also the ruins of the ship after such ac...

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Master
·noun A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy. II. Master ·vi To be skillful; to <<Excel>>. III. Ma...

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master
The epithet for the captain or commander of a merchant vessel. When England first became a maritime ...

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wreck-fish
n. The Australian species is Polyprion ceruleum, family Percoidae. Guenther saysthat the European s...

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dilly-wreck
A common corruption of derelict (which see). ...

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wreck-free
Is to be exempt from the forfeiture of shipwrecked goods and vessels: a privilege which Edward I. gr...

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Baggage master
·- One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel. ...

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Harbor master
·- An officer charged with the duty of executing the regulations respecting the use of a harbor. ...

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Master vibrator
·add. ·- In an internal-combustion engine with two or more cylinders, an induction coil and vibrator...

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Mint-master
·noun The master or superintendent of a mint. Also used figuratively. ...

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gentleman's master
A highway robber, because he makes a gentleman obey his commands, i.e. stand and deliver. ...

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kyrk-master
church-warden. N. ...

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attendant master
A dockyard official. (See master-attendant.) ...

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ballast-master
A person appointed to see the port-regulations in respect to ballast carried out. ...

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barrack-master
The officer placed in charge of a barrack. ...

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beach-master
A superior officer, captain, appointed to superintend disembarkation of an attacking force, who hold...

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harbour-master
An officer appointed to inspect the moorings, and to see that the ships are properly berthed, and th...

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ice-master
A pilot, or man of experience, for the Arctic Sea. ...

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master-attendant
An officer in the royal dockyards appointed to assist in the fitting or dismantling, removing or sec...

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master mariner
Shipmaster or captain of a merchant vessel. ...

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master-shipwright
The chief superintendent in the building and repairing of ships in the royal dockyards. ...

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prize-master
The officer to whom a prize is given in charge to carry her into port. ...

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quarter-master
A petty officer, appointed to assist the master and mates in their several duties, as stowing the ho...

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vendue master
A commercial and marine auctioneer. ...

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receivers of wreck
Persons specially charged with wrecked property for the benefit of the shipping interests. ...

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post master general
The prime minister, who has the patronage of all posts and places. ...

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master and commander
A title which, in 1814, was simplified to commander, the next degree above lieutenant; he ranks with...

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master-at-arms
In former times was an officer appointed to command the police-duty of a ship, to teach the crew the...

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master of misrule
An officer of an hour or two, when the hands were piped "to mischief." The lord or abbot of misrule ...

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quarter-master general
Is the head of that department of the army which has charge of the quartering, encamping, embarking,...

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master of the mint
A gardener. ...

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master of the rolls
A baker. ...

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master of the wardrobe
One who pawns his clothes to purchase liquor. ...

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master of the fleet
A master on board the commander-in-chief's ship, who has a general superintendence of the stores iss...

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master of a ship-of-war
An officer appointed by the commissioners of the navy to attend to the navigating a ship under the d...

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