(_Examination for a Master's Certificate_)
1. Can you dance a hornpipe? If so, which? (_Vivâ voce._) If dancing
unaccompanied by fiddle, whistle the first eight bars of College
Hornpipe. Also, dance the three first figures of the hornpipe,
announcing the distinctive name of each beforehand.
2. Explain the terms "Ahoy!" "Avast!" "Belay!" Whence derived? Also of
"Splice my main-brace." Is "main-brace" a part of rigging, or of
sailor's costume? Which? If neither, what? Is "Lubber" a term of
opprobrium or of endearment? State varieties of "Lubber." Give
derivations of the terms "Bum-boat woman," "Marlin' spike," "Son of a
sea-cook," "Dash my lee-scuppers!" "Pipe your eye," "Tip us your
grapplin' iron."