GELLYWATTE. An old term for a captain's boat, the original of
_jolly-boat_. (_See_ Captain Downton's voyage to India in 1614, where
"she was sent to take soundings within the sands.")
GENERAL. The commander of an army: the military rank corresponding to
the naval one of admiral. The title includes all officers above
colonels, ascending with qualifying prefixes, as brigadier-general,
major-general, lieutenant-general, to general, above which is nothing
save the exceptional rank of field-marshal and of captain-general or
commander-in-chief of the land forces of the United Kingdom.
GENERAL AVERAGE. A claim made upon the owners of a ship and her cargo,
when the property of one or more has been sacrificed for the good of the
whole.
GENERAL BREEZO. _See_ BREEZO.
GENERALISSIMO. The supreme commander of a combined force, or of several
armies in the field.
GENERAL OFFICERS. All those above the rank of a colonel.
GENERAL ORDERS. The orders issued by the commander-in-chief of the
forces.
GENERAL SHIP. Where persons unconnected with each other load goods on
board, in contradistinction to a _chartered_ ship.