Sailor's Word-Bo
The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc.
作者：Smyth, W. H. (William Henry), 1788-1865; Belcher, Edward, Sir, 1799-1877 [Editor]
体例：题 章数：214
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共 214 题- BY THE LATE
- REVISED FOR THE PRESS BY
- LONDON:
- THE EDITOR'S PREFACE.
- INTRODUCTION.
- A DIGEST
- OF
- SEA TERMS AND PHRASES.
- A.
- ACCOIL, TO. To coil together, by folding round. (_See_ COIL.)
- ANNULUS. A geometrical figure. (_See_ RING.)
- ARTIZAN. A mechanic or operative workman. (_See_ ARTIFICER.)
- ATTENDANT MASTER. A dockyard official. (_See_ MASTER-ATTENDANT.)
- AVIST. A west-country term for "a fishing."
- AWAFT, OR AWHEFT. The displaying of a stopped flag. (_See_ WHEFT.)
- AWAY THERE. The call for a boat's crew; as, "_away there!_ barge-men."
- B.
- BALANCING-POINT. A familiar term for centre of gravity. (_See_ GRAVITY.)
- BALLARAG, TO. To abuse or bully. Thus Warton of the French king--
- BASTON, OR BATON. A club used of old by authority. (_See_ BATOON.)
- BEAR A BOB, OR A FIST. Jocular for "lend a hand."
- BIOR-LINN. Perhaps the oldest of our terms for boat. (_See_ BIRLIN.)
- BLADDER-FISH. A term for the tetraodon. (_See_ BALLOON-FISH.)
- BLIND. Everything that covers besiegers from the enemy. (_See_ ORILLON.)
- BOAT'S-GRIPES. Lashings for the secure stowage of boats. (_See_ GRIPES.)
- BOBBING. A particular method of fishing for eels--
- BOLINE. _See_ BOWLINE. _Clavus in navi._
- BOWSPRIT, RUNNING. In cutter-rigged vessels. (_See_ CUTTER.)
- In the second part of "Henry VI." Clifford threatens Warwick--
- BUTTRESS. In fortification. (_See_ COUNTERFORTS.)
- BYRTH. The old expression for tonnage. (_See_ BURDEN or BURTHEN.)
- C.
- CALENDAR. A distribution of time. (_See_ ALMANAC.)
- CASK. A barrel for fluid or solid provisions. (_See_ STOWAGE.)
- CHANCERY, IN. When a ship gets into irons. (_See_ IRONS.)
- CHINGLE. Gravel. (_See_ SHINGLE.)
- CHUNTOCK. A powerful dignitary among the Chinese. (_See_ JANTOOK.)
- CIPHERING. A term in carpentry. (_See_ SYPHERED.)
- CIVIL LORD. The lay or junior member of the admiralty board.
- CLEW. Of a hammock or cot. (_See_ CLUE.)
- COLLOP. A cut from a joint of meat. "Scotch collops."
- COMBUSTION. Burning, &c. (_See_ SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION.)
- COMPASSING. (_See_ COMPASS-TIMBERS.)
- COOMINGS, OR COMBINGS. The rim of the hatchways. (_See_ COAMINGS.)
- COSIER. A lubber, a botcher, a tailoring fellow [_coser_, Sp. to sew?]
- COWD. To float slowly. A Scotch term, as "the boat cowds braely awa."
- CRANK-SHAFT. In a steamer. (_See_ INTERMEDIATE SHAFT.)
- CREAR. A kind of Scotch lighter. (_See_ CRARE.)
- CYPHERING. A term in carpentry. (_See_ SYPHERED.)
- D.
- DANCERS. The coruscations of the aurora. (_See_ MERRY DANCERS.)
- DANK. Moist, mouldy: a sense in which Shakspeare uses it; also Tusser--
- DAY-BOOK. An old and better name for the log-book; a journal [Fr.]
- DILL. An edible dark brown sea-weed, torn from the rocks at low-water.
- DRIFTAGE. The amount due to lee-way. (_See_ DRIFT.)
- DRIFT-ICE. The debris of the main pack. (_See_ OPEN ICE.)
- DRUB. To beat. (Captain's despatch.) "We have drubbed the enemy."
- DUMB-PINTLE. A peculiar rudder-strap. (_See_ PINTLES.)
- DYCE, OR THYST, "VERY WELL DYCE." (_See_ THUS.)
- E.
- ESCAPE-VALVES. In marine engines. (_See_ CYLINDER ESCAPE-VALVES.)
- EYES OF A SHIP. (_See_ EYES OF HER.)
- F.
- FALL FOUL OF, TO. To reprimand severely. (_See_ FALL ABOARD OF.)
- FANE. An old term for weather-cock: "a fayne of a schipe." (_See_ VANE.)
- FAST SAILER. A ship which, in nautical parlance, "has legs."
- FAULCON. A small cannon. (_See_ FALCON.)
- FEATHERING-PADDLES. (Morgan's patent.)
- FLINCH. In ship-building. (_See_ SNAPE.)
- FLINDERS. An old word for splinters; thus Walter Scott's Borderer--
- FLOP, TO. To fall flat down: as "soused flop in the lee-scuppers."
- FLOTA. A Spanish fleet. (_See_ GALLEON.)
- FORE-MAST. The forward lower-mast in all vessels. (_See_ MAST.)
- FORE-SAIL. The principal sail set on the fore-mast. (_See_ SAIL.)
- FORMS. The moulds for making wads by. (_See_ FORMER.)
- G.
- GABERT. A Scotch lighter. (_See_ GABART.)
- GAIR-FOWL. A name of the great auk, _Alca impennis_. (_See_ AUK.)
- GALAXY. A name of the Milky Way. (_See_ VIA LACTEA.)
- GALLEY-PACKET. An unfounded rumour. (_See_ GALLEY-GROWLERS.)
- GALLOON. Gold lace. [Fr. _galon_; Sp. _galon_.]
- GANZEE. Corrupted from Guernsey. (_See_ JERSEY.)
- GARE. _See_ GAIR-FOWL. Also, the Anglo-Saxon for _ready_. (_See_ YARE.)
- GAVELOCK. An iron crow. Of old, a pike; thus in Arthur and Merlin--
- GEE, TO. To suit or fit; as, "that will just gee."
- GENEVA PRINT. An allusion to the spirituous liquor so called,--
- GINGERBREAD-HATCHES. Luxurious quarters--
- GIVE A SPELL. To intermit or relieve work. (_See_ SPELL.)
- GLAYMORE. A two-handed sword. (_See_ CLAYMORE.)
- GLYN. A deep valley with convex sides. (_See_ CWM.)
- GNOLL. A round hillock. (_See_ KNOLL.)
- GRASS. A term applied to vegetables in general. (_See_ FEED OF GRASS.)
- GRAYLING. A fresh-water fish of the Salmo tribe. (_See_ OMBRE.)
- GRUB. A coarse but common term for provisions in general--
- GUEBRES. Fire-worshippers. (_See_ PARSEES.)
- GUILLEM. A sea-fowl. (_See_ LAVY.)
- H.
- HAAR. A chill easterly wind on our northern coasts. (_See_ HARR.)
- HACKBUSH. A heavy hand-gun. (_See_ HAGBUT.)
- HALF-TIDE ROCKS. Those showing their heads at half-ebb. (_See_ TIDE.)
- HALF-TURN AHEAD! An order in steam navigation. (_See_ TURN AHEAD!)
- HALF-WATCH TACKLE. A luff purchase. (_See_ WATCH-TACKLE.)
- HAMMACOE. Beam battens. (_See_ HAMMOCK-BATTENS.)
- HAND-GRENADE. A small shell for throwing by hand. (_See_ GRENADE.)
- HARD. A road-path made through mud for landing at. (_See_ ARD.)
- HATCH. A half-door. A contrivance for trapping salmon. (_See_ HECK.)
- HEAD-CLUE OF A HAMMOCK. Where the head rests. (_See_ HAMMOCK.)
- HEAD-EARINGS. The laniards to haul out the earings. (_See_ EARINGS.)
- HIGH-WATER. The greatest height of the flood-tide. (_See_ TIDE.)
- HOLDING ON THE SLACK. Doing nothing. (_See_ EYELIDS.)
- HORSES. Blocks in whalers for cutting blubber on. (_See_ WHITE-HORSE.)
- I.
- ICE-BEAMS. Strengtheners for whalers. (_See_ FORTIFYING.)
- ILAND. The Saxon _ealand_ (_See_ ISLAND.)
- ILET. Lacing holes. (_See_ EYELET-HOLES.)
- ILLEGAL VOYAGE. (_See_ VOYAGE.)
- INSURER. The party taking the risk of a policy. (_See_ UNDERWRITERS.)
- J.
- JOHN. A name given to dried fish. (_See_ POOR JOHN.)
- K.
- KALENDAR. Time accommodated to the uses of life. (_See_ ALMANAC.)
- KEEL LEG OR HOOK. Means any anchor; as, "she has come to a keelock."
- KELING. A large kind of cod. Thus in Havelok:--
- KEN, TO. Ang.-Sax. descrying, as Shakspeare in _Henry VI._:--
- KILLOCK. A small anchor. Flue of an anchor. (_See_ KELLAGH.)
- KINTLIDGE. A term for iron-ballast. (_See_ KENTLEDGE.)
- KNARRS. Knots in spars. (_See_ GNARRE.)
- KNIFE. An old name for a dagger: thus Lady Macbeth--
- KYDLE. A dam in a river for taking fish--
- L.
- LARK. A small boat. Also, frolicsome merriment. (_See_ SKY-LARKING.)
- LOFTY SHIPS. Once a general name for square-rigged vessels:--
- LOG-CANOE. One hollowed out of a single log. (_See_ CANOE.)
- LONG CHALKS. Great strides. (_See_ CHALKS.)
- LOSING THE NUMBER OF THE MESS. Dead, drowned, or killed. (_See_ NUMBER.)
- LOW AND ALOFT. Sail from deck to truck: "every stitch on her."
- LOZENGE. The diamond-cut figure. (_See_ RHOMBUS.)
- LUST. An archaism of _list_. (_See_ LIST.)
- M.
- MAVIS-SKATE. The sharp-nosed ray. (_See_ FRIAR-SKATE.)
- MILL. A boxing match, whether standing up or nailed to a chest.
- MOHUR. A gold coin in the East Indies, value 30_s._ to 32_s._
- MONGER. A trader. (_See_ MONKEY.)
- MONK-FISH. The _Squatina angelus_. (_See_ DEVIL-FISH.)
- N.
- NEEDLE. The Ang.-Sax. _naedl_. (_See also_ MAGNETIC NEEDLE.)
- NORTH SEA. The Jamaica name for the north swell. (_See_ GROUND-SEA.)
- O.
- ORAGIOUS. An old term for stormy or tempestuous weather:--
- And Milton afterwards introduces them--
- ORDERS. Societies of knights. (_See_ KNIGHTHOOD.)
- P.
- PAH. A New Zealand stronghold. (_See_ HEP-PAH.)
- PATACOON. A Spanish piece of eight, worth 4_s._ 6_d._
- PHINAK. A species of trout. (_See_ FINNOCK.)
- PISTOLA. A Papal gold coin of the sterling value of 13_s._ 11_d._
- PLOT, OR PLOTT. A plan or chart. (_See_ ICHNOGRAPHY.)
- PLYMOUTH CLIMATE.
- PRESS, TO. To reduce an enemy to straits. (_See_ IMPRESSMENT.)
- PRIMARY PLANET. (_See_ PLANETS, PRIMARY.)
- Q.
- R.
- RADE [Fr.] An old spelling of the sea-term _road_. (_See_ ROAD.)
- RAILS OF THE STERN. (_See_ STERN-RAILS.)
- RAINBOW.
- RAISING A MOUSE. The process of making a lump on a stay. (_See_ MOUSE.)
- RIM, OR BRIM. A name given to the circular edge of a top. (_See_ TOP.)
- ROBANDS, OR ROBBENS. (_See_ ROPE-BANDS.)
- ROGER. The black flag hoisted by pirates. (_See_ JOLLY ROGER.)
- ROOBLE. A Russian coin. (_See_ RUBLE.)
- S.
- SAILING LARGE. With a quartering wind. (_See_ LARGE.)
- SALT-JUNK. Navy salt beef. (_See_ JUNK.)
- SCARFED. An old word for "decorated with flags."
- SCHOCK. A commercial measure of 60 cask staves. (_See_ RING.)
- SCRABER. The puffinet, _Colymbus grille_. (_See_ GREENLAND DOVE.)
- SCUFFLE. A confused and disorderly contention--
- SEW, OR SUE. Pronounced _sue_. (_See_ SEWED.)
- SHEDDERS. Female salmon. (_See_ FOUL FISH.)
- SHEERED. Built with a curved sheer. (_See_ MOON-SHEERED.)
- SKEER, OR SCAR. A place where cockles are gathered. (_See_ SCAR.)
- SLAB. The outer cut of a tree when sawn up into planks. (Alburnum.)
- SLOW HER! In steam navigation, the same as "Ease her!"
- STANDING BACKSTAYS. The rigging proper. (_See_ BACKSTAYS.)
- STAND RIGHT UNDER! Jocularly, "Get out of the way."
- STAY APEEK. When the cable and fore-stay form a line. (_See_ APEEK.)
- STREMES. An old English word for "the rays of the sun."
- SUCK THE MONKEY, TO. To rob the grog-can. (_See_ MONKEY.)
- SUFFERANCE. A permission on the custom-house _transire_ (which see.)
- T.
- TALLY, TO. To haul the sheets aft; as used by Falconer--
- TARRED WITH THE SAME BRUSH. Equivalent to "birds of a feather."
- TAUT BOWLINE. A ship sailing close-hauled is "on a taut bowline."
- TICKLING OF FISH. The same as _gennelin_. (_See_ GROPING.)
- TOM. A pet bow-chaser, a 9 or 12-pounder. (_See_ LONG TOM.)
- TOP-GALLANT. In the Cotton MSS. this word appears as "top-garland."
- TOP-MAST. The second division of a mast above the deck. (_See_ MAST.)
- TRINK. An old contrivance for catching fish. (Statute 2 Hen. VI. c. 15.)
- U.
- V.
- VADMEL. Coarse woollen manufacture of the Orkneys. (_See_ WADMAREL.)
- VI ET ARMIS. With force of arms.
- W.
- WEAR. _See_ WEIR.--_To wear._ (_See_ VEER.)
- WEATHER-GALL:--
- WHAT CHEER, HO? Equivalent among seamen to, _How fare ye?_
- WHISTLE. From the Ang.-Sax. _wistl_. (_See_ CALL.)
- WHITE-HORSE. A name of the _Raia fullonica_. (_See also_ WHITE CAPS.)
- X.
- Y.
- Z.
- ZECHIN. A Turkish coin. (_See_ SEQUIN.)
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