all nations »
A composition of all the different spirits sold in a dram-shop, collected in a vessel into which the drainings of the bottles and quartern pots are emptied.
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barrel »
A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.
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bear down »
To approach another vessel from windward.
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broken vessel »
A person who is destroyed or forgotten, or who feels flawed or broken.
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cast off »
To let go a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf etc so that she may proceed.
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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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cross the line »
To cross the equator, as a vessel at sea.
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debris field »
Any area, non-dependent of locale, space, or contour, that contains the debris of wreckage, impact, sinking, or other material that once constituted a complete object. Debris fields can be found at the site of air crashes, water vessel sinking, explosions of buildings, collapses, and other events that render a whole entity into components, pieces, or other non-whole items.
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empty vessels make the most sound »
noisy, opinionated people are often stupid.
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first port of call »
The first port that a vessel calls in at after the start of a voyage.
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full speed ahead »
A command, especially on military vessels, to move forward at maximum speed.
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go by the board »
To estimate the velocity of a boat or ship in knots by casting overboard the knotted line to whose end is attached the lead and thereafter counting the knots in the line as it goes aft along the side boards of the vessel.
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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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go overboard »
Fall out of a vessel.
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keel over »
Of a vessel: to roll so far on its side that it cannot recover; to capsize.
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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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show the flag »
Of a naval vessel or military force, to identify itself by displaying the flag of its country of origin, especially in order to establish an authoritative presence and to exert diplomatic or political influence.
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take the wheel »
To be in control of the steering wheel of a vehicle or a vessel.
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under way »
A vessel is said to be underway when she is not anchored, moored, aground, or beached[1]. Compare with make way.
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weaker vessel »
A woman; women collectively.
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