able seaman »
ordinary sailor
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am I right or am I right »
Rhetorical question from somebody who has stated what they consider to be an unassailable truth.
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bear up »
To sail close to the wind.
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beat up »
To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
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brace of shakes »
The time taken for a sail to shake or shiver twice as a ship comes into the wind.
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bridge »
An elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.
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come about »
To tack; to change tack; to maneuver the bow of a sailing vessel across the wind so that the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to position a boat with respect to the wind after tacking.
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come to »
To stop a sailing vessel, especially by turning into the wind. See also come about.
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go large »
To have the wind at such an angle to the sail that the vessel gains its highest speed.
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jacktar »
Nickname for a sailor in the Royal Navy.
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let someone have it »
To verbally assail someone.
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make an example of »
He made an example of the drunken sailor with twenty lashes, to show that he must have a sober crew.
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mouth of a sailor »
The characteristic of regularly using vulgar language, especially strong profanities; a person having this characteristic.
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rag bagger »
A sailboat, usually a cruising sailboats which tend to carry and store lots of supplies along the deck, or any sailboat that looks like a neglected vessel, or messy vessel.
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rag bagger »
A sailor who tends to sail on messy cruising vessels.
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